Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114422680

Spring Outing. Composed by Chen Yi. Set of Score and Parts. 8+2+2+2+1 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42268. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114422680).

ISBN 9781491136041. UPC: 680160688197.

TACHU N (SPRING OUTING) was composed in 2021 for “The Joy Project,” to commission uplifting works for performance at free outdoor concerts in the San Francisco Bay region. The work’s title comes from the annual Chinese festival when people go outdoors and travel, to welcome the arrival of the new Spring season. This cheerful 5-minute work features energetic melodic lines in unison, contrasting with vivid rhythmic patterns, which the composer indicates as expressing our excitement upon breathing the fresh Spring air.
Tachun (Spring Outing) was commissioned by and dedicated to the Del Sol String Quartet as a part of The Joy Project in 2021. Tachun is also the name of a Chinese traditional festival when people go outdoors and travel, to welcome the arrival of the new spring season each year. Here is a statement from the Del Sol String Quartet about this project:“Del Sol has commissioned a body of short musical works written to give joy. As our gift to our community during these times, we are performing these pieces in numerous free concerts at public settings around the Bay Area — parks, schoolyards, open spaces — where people can soak up some musical “joy” while safely practicing social distancing in the open air.”My string quartet has active melodic lines in unison, contrasting with vivid rhythmic patterns, to express our excitement when we breathe the fresh air.

String Quartet

SKU: BT.SCHBB3317

Composed by Elena Kats-Chernin. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2015. Bote & Bock #SCHBB3317. Published by Bote & Bock (BT.SCHBB3317).

Blue Rose is based on two folk melodies which have been freely developed. It uses uneven beats and bars which creates a rocking feeling that is somewhat reminiscent of Balkan music. The title refers to the way the piece starts, unfolding and blooming as it slowly becomes stronger, like the blue light of dawn. It is one of the few pieces of the composer that is based in a major key (D major).

Blue Rose basiert auf zwei Volksmelodien, die hier frei entwickelt werden. Im Stück werden ungerade Takte verwendet, die ein schaukelndes Gefühl erzeugen und an die Musik des Balkan erinnern. Der Titel bezieht sich auf die Weise, wie das Stück beginnt: sich entfaltend und erblühend, bis es langsam stärke wird - wie das blaue Licht der Dämmerung. Es ist eines der wenigen Werke, das die Komponistin auf D-Dur basierend geschrieben hat.