Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11441516S
Composed
by Samuel Adler.
Premiere: The Esterhazy
Quartet: Eva Szkely,
Susan Jensen, Leslie
Perna, Darry Dolezal;
Columbia, MO.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2009. Duration
20 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41516S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441516S).
UPC:
680160600915. 8.5 x 11
inches.
Adler's
ninth turn at string
quartet composition was
written for the Esterhazy
Quartet, who were pleased
to perform the world
premiere in April, 2009
with the composer in
attendance. Violinist
Susan Jensen described
the work as energetic,
spirited, humorous and
celebratory. The premiere
follows an all-Adler 80th
birthday celebration by
the Esterhazy in the
previous year, so this
new String Quartet No. 9
is a treat. Three of the
four movements proceed at
a fast pace, and the
Quartet is for advanced
performers.