Sentinels is really a long unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present. Butler imagined four standing players to be acting as sentries standing guard keeping watch over the seated cellist.
SKU: OU.9780193412361
ISBN 9780193412361. 12 x 8 inches.
For string quintet Sentinels was written for the Brodsky Quartet and John Metcalfe. The piece is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present.
