SKU: HL.49018856
ISBN 9790220133244. UPC: 884088675028. 9.0x12.0x0.204 inches.
Although this is technically Cowie's seventh string quartet, it replaces his earlier fourth quartet, which he came to feel no longer fit with his compositional voice. The quartet fluctuates between a slow, luminous sound and fast, agitated music. Unlike much of Cowie's work, this music is abstracted from his usual preoccupation with the natural world, turning instead to look at an inner landscape. The composer describes the emotional force behind his quartet: The year 2009 was a terrible year in which I lost three close friends to cancer and an elder brother to Alzheimer's disease. It was also a year in which my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer; something from which she has thankfully made a great recovery. At times like these, emotions are sorely tested and highlighted. Four people I loved have gone, so this music must remain as testament not to death, but to the magnificent fragility and loveliness of life. It closes with a gentle and almost vaporising 'benediction' a kind of 'amen' if you like.
SKU: HL.14043647
9.0x12.0x0.095 inches.
This is the full score for Aheym by Bryce Dessner, who is best known as the guitarist of The National, but is also an acclaimed composer in his own right.Composed in 2009 for the Kronos Quartet for their performance in Brooklyn's Prospect Park for the Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. The piece lasts around 10 minutes and is arranged for string quartet.
SKU: A3.9781860969294
ISBN 9781860969294. 9 x 12 inches.
Spectrum for String Quartet is a collection of specially commissioned pieces. Three composers of widely different backgrounds and experience have written works of about eight minutes duration for players of ABRSM Grade 8 Standard.
SKU: HL.14047957
8.5x11.75 inches.
String Quartet No.2 is a work by Gabriel Prokofiev for String Quartet, commissioned by The Elysian Quartet with support from the PRS for Music Foundation. The work lasts around 17 minutes. This is the Full Score and Parts .
SKU: HL.50600644
ISBN 9781495071041. UPC: 888680633219. 9x12 inches.
String Quartet No. 2, (Musée Mécanique), was commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet for their series at Duke University, with funds from Meet the Composer. The first performances were given on April 25 and 26, 2002. The Ciompi also helped in the preparation of this edition and have recorded both String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2 for Albany Records (Troy 717). The second string quartet is dedicated, with enormous admiration and gratitude, to my friends Eric Pritchard, Hsiao-Mei Ku, Jonathan Bagg, and Fred Raimi of the Ciompi Quartet.
SKU: HL.14041829
9.5x12.0x0.4 inches.
Score and Parts for Michael Nyman's fifth String Quartet Let's not make a song and dance out of it .
SKU: HL.234469
UPC: 888680729233. 8.5x12.0x0.194 inches. English.
Gabriel Prokofiev 's String Quartet No. 1 . Commissioned and premiered by the Elysian Quartet in London, 2003. Score and parts.
SKU: HL.14042290
ISBN 9781783051809. 9.5x12.25x0.179 inches.
Composed for and dedicated to the Kronos Quartet. 7 minutes.
SKU: HL.257817
Peter Gregson's The Day Before was composed in 2017.
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SKU: HL.48188925
Paloyan Berceuse Armenienne Cy042s String Quartet Score/Parts.
SKU: HL.14042812
8.5x11.75x0.166 inches.
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. Premiere 12th March 2009 at the MusicNOW Festival and 18th July 2009 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.Bryce Dessner is a composer/guitarist/curator based in NewYork City. He has received widespread acclaim as a composer and guitarist for the improvising new music quartet, Clogs. Bryce has performed and/or recorded with some of the world's most creative musicians including songwritersSufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, and Antony Hegarty, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, composers Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly and Michael Gordon, the contemporary ensembles, Kronos Quartet, the Bang on a Can All-Stars andvisual artist Matthew Ritchie. .
