Burnished Silver Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Bote and Bock
Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.48024494 String...(+)
Score and Parts String
Quartet (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.48024494
String Quartet Score
and Parts. Composed
by Elena Kats-Chernin.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 24 pages. Bote
& Bock #M202533345.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48024494).
ISBN
9783793140160.
9.0x12.0x0.067
inches.
Originally
composed for clarinet
quartet, this minimalist
habanera swings between
two chords in a
melancholy way until a
rather lively middle
section is reminiscent of
Astor Piazzolla's
bitter-sweet harmony. On
the CD Blue Silence
(Vexations840 1202) the
Acacia Quartet combined
this piece with Silver
Pearls
(979-0-2025-3342-0),
Silver Poetry
(979-0-2025-3341-3) and
Silver Eucalypt
(979-0-2025-3331-4) to
form Silver Suite.
Whether played
individually or as a
four-movement group -
this is a charming new
repertoire for both
professional and amateur
ensembles!
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144404550 Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144404550
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2002.
53+20+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40455. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.144404550).
UPC:
680160030859.
After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440455S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440455S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Large Score. With
Standard notation. 53
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40455S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440455S).
UPC:
680160030873.
After
finishing a serious
woodwind quintet in the
fall of 2001 [Tela
Lacerata], I found, in
the ensuing months, that
its cinders/ashes were
still impregnating my
eardrums. Therefore, when
I set out to write the
present string piece, I
realized that the musical
veins of the quartet,
like related cousins,
were sharing the same
blood as the earlier wind
composition. The
resultant Fifth Quartet
evolved into two large,
extended movements, each
one containing seven
parts that are played
without pause. As the
list of the various
sub-sections clearly
indicates, the formal
structure of the
movements appear to be
identical: each with
three main parts
enveloped by interludes,
plus an introduction and
coda. However, the
principal segments of the
first (slow) movement
gradually decrease in
length, while those of
the second (fast)
movement increase. In
addition, there is a
goodly amount of sonic
material stolen from the
first movement which
reappears -- stitched
together in a new guise
-- into the world of the
second. for example, the
bulk of Parts B and C of
Movement II are lifted
bodily, although
elaborately modified,
from their first
appearances in the
Introduction and Part A
of the fist movement.
This offers, I suppose at
least a hint of a
traditional
recapitulation. As was
true in the earlier
woodwind piece -- both
harmonically and
melodically -- the
embryonic growth of the
musical fabric (primarily
the tritone and perfect
fifth) is omnipresent,
almost obsessively,
throughout the course of
the whole work. These two
intervals, not unlike
plasticine, habitually
transform themselves into
the scales, chords, and
melodic lines that
pervade the texture of
the quartet. Owing to the
largely unrelieved
dramatic flow, the
shifting speed, and the
often fervent intensity,
the quartet places
considerable demands on
the dexterity,
virtuosity, and stamina
of the four performers.
String Quartet No. 5 is
approximately 22 minutes
in duration and
affectionately dedicated
to my violinist wife
Elizabeth, as a gift for
our 47 years together. It
was commissioned by the
Corigliano String
Quartet, New York, NY. --
Sydney Hodkinson.
Quartet Sant Petersburg Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Editorial de Musica Boileau
String quartet SKU: BO.B.3664 Composed by Jordi Cervello. Published by Ed...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
BO.B.3664
Composed by
Jordi Cervello. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3664).
Cuarteto San
Petersburgo (The Saint
Petersburg Quartet) was
written between January
and March 2011. It owes
its name to the fact that
Saint Petersburg has been
a very significant city
for me. I was invited
there in 1988 to take
part in a big
contemporary music
festival, but my
uninterrupted bond with
the city started on 2002,
thanks to the
negotiations of my friend
and pupil Albert Barbeta.
Since then, I have
constantly travelled
there in order to record
a considerable part of my
repertoire: seventeen
pieces. In addition to
the concerts we went to,
I took the opportunity
during my trips to visit
the well-known
conservatoire where so
many great personalities
from the world of music
composition once taught,
and the place that
launched the most
important violin school
in the whole of Russia:
the school of Leopoldo
Auer. Spending a long
time in Auer's classroom
writing my concert for
violin and orchestra was
an unforgettable
experience for me. His
large portrait motivated
me even
further.
Cuartet
o San Petersburgo evokes
many of the most
cherished and moving
moments that I have had
in this city. It is
structured in four
movements. The first one,
Allegretto-Allegro, opens
with an introduction that
sets forth the two main
themes, amid a soft and
elastic atmosphere. The
Allegro starts vigorously
and in it we find changes
in the tempo and moments
of mystery, as well as
certain seclusion,
returning then to the
emphatic theme where the
counterpoint finds its
place. The movement ends
placidly.
The
Scherzo-marcato that
follows is marked by a
persistent rhythm of
triplets that carries on
from beginning to end.
The tempo does not
change, but brief and
decided themes are
introduced, as well as
passages of counterpoint.
Brief and dissonant
chords are heard
throughout the movement,
which ends
vigorously.
The
third movement, Ut, is a
very special one. For a
while already I had been
playing with the idea of
writing a movement that
was to have the tonality
C as a leitmotiv. This
one is made up by two
slow and static parts. In
the first one, the first
violin plays
pizzicatti-glissandi. In
the second, the first
violin and particularly
the violoncello settle on
C while the other two
instruments produce
descending chromatic
harmonies.
Final
ly, the
Introduccion-Presto (the
Introduction-Presto). It
starts with some bucolic
passages which remind us
of the introduction to
the first movement. A
fast and energetic Presto
suddenly erupts. A kind
of moto perpetuo which
alternates with two
expressive passages and,
towards the end, a viola
and violoncello tremolo,
all of great mystery and
expectation, make way for
a resounding finale
marcato.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-878-2 Composed by Kalevi Aho....(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-878-2
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Classical, contemporary,
folk. Score & parts.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-878-2. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-878-2).
Lasting 27
minutes, Kalevi
Aho’s String
quartet no. 4 (2021) is
in four movements. The
first, Nocturne, begins
with a hazily muted
melody dominated by the
interval of a minor third
on the second violin.
Though the first movement
begins in nocturnal mood,
there is also some more
forceful music around the
middle. The second
movement, Allegro
capriccioso, is quick
with quirky rhythms. At
times tempestuous, it
faces the players with
the biggest technical and
virtuoso challenges. The
following Largo is slow.
A couple of times in the
first half it is
dominated by soft,
mysterious harmonies. The
tempo marking of the
virtuosic closing
movement is Presto,
leggiore. The movement
begins with quick,
flickering,
will-o’-the-wisp-l
ike music. It later
builds up to an extremely
violent climax dominated
by tremolo figures on the
second violin and thick
chords on the other
instruments. The
flickering music of the
beginning returns at the
end, before dissolving
into silence.
This
product includes the full
score (A4) and the parts
(B4).
String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Subito Music
2 vn, vla, vcl SKU: SU.29120070 For 2 vn, vla, vcl. Composed by To...(+)
2 vn, vla, vcl
SKU:
SU.29120070
For 2
vn, vla, vcl.
Composed by Todd Mason.
Chamber Music, String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#29120070. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.29120070).
String Quartet
No. 3 is in one
continuous movement and
represents some harmonic
and structural
experimentation by the
composer. The work plays
out a bit like a tone
poem for string quartet.
Mason says This work
blends tonal, polytonal
and atonal material. My
goal was to create new
sounds but with a driving
suspense and energy from
the very first chords to
the very end to take the
listener on a kind of
cosmic tour to different
worlds of mystery,
longing, warmth, and even
triumph. This piece is
suggested for advanced
level players. YouTube
link with the Lyris
Quartet performing this
work:: 2 vn, vla, vcl
Duration: 14' Composed:
2021 Published by: Todd
Mason.
String Quartet, Accordion SKU: BT.WHKP01684 Composed by Hans Abrahamsen. ...(+)
String Quartet, Accordion
SKU: BT.WHKP01684
Composed by Hans
Abrahamsen. Classical.
Score Only. 32 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WHKP01684. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WHKP01684).
English.
Three
Little Nocturnes was
composed by Hans
Abrahamsen in 2005.
Commissioned by the
Cikada Ensemble, with
support from NOMUS, and
written for Frode Haltli
and the Cikada String
Quartet. Programme Note:
In the first nocturne a
slow, falling music
emerges on an irregular
pulse, filled with high
harmonics in the strings.
The second nocturne is
fast and unrestful music,
with a lot of passion,
which in a moment runs
into a glimpse of a
tango. In this movement
the accordion is employed
in its traditional
fashion, using the chord
bass, with its
“oom-pah-pahâ€
standard chords. The
third nocturne is again
slow, indeed very slow,
and it has German tempo
and expression markings.
Thepiece ends with a
lullaby in the accordion,
played with an unusual
technique, imitating the
string portato. This is
accompanied by high
harmonics in the strings,
while the first violin
slowly and softly plays a
melody from the second
nocturne. Hans
Abrahamsen.