general information

composition date
1993
duration
20 min
editor
Chester Music
Commission
Ministère de la Culture, France, Festival Musica, Strasbourg pour le Quatuor Arditti.

type

Chamber music (2 violins, viola, cello)

detailed formation

violin, second violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
September 23, 1993

France, Strasbourg, festival Musica

interpreters

le Quatuor Arditti.

observations

Les parties ne sont pas necessairement jouées dans l'ordre.

Part titles

  1. A fast, scherzo-like mechanism of terraced accelerandos
  2. Quiet heterophony - col legno, vertical spiccato
  3. Alla chitarra
  4. Al tamburo
  5. Static harmony with microtonal inflexions
  6. A second scherzo, with changing metre

 

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