ETUDES AND LULLABIES
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ETUDES AND LULLABIES
Program Note Etudes and Lullabies is a collection of twelve independent pieces for string quartet: six etudes and six lullabies. For me, these two forms perfectly compliment each other, representing two fundamental and opposing aspects of music: the ability to energize and to soothe. An etude projects struggle, intensity, energy, and triumph over difficulty. A lullaby represents the polar opposite: it projects calm, quiet, intimacy, and letting go. The etude embodies defiance, the lullaby surrender. The piano repertoire has many collections of short pieces: etudes, preludes, nocturnes, preludes and fugues, and so forth. The string quartet, strangely, does not. With this in mind, I wrote this collection. Etudes and Lullabies can be performed separately or together in any combination. Etude 1: Dynamics Etude 2: Interactions Etude 3: Jump Cuts Etude 4: Chords and Accents Etude 5: Patterns Etude 6: Velocities Lullaby 1: Pulsing Lullaby 2: Dreaming Lullaby 3: Resolving Lullaby 4: Intoning Lullaby 5: Lulling Lullaby 6: Dissolving |
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String Quartet
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This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
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String Quartet
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere