Arise! Arise! You Slumbering Sleepers | Judith Weir

Commissioned by Judy Mowschenson in memory of her sister, Rosalind Hunter, and by the Schubert Ensemble Trust, Chamber Music 2000

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Duration3 min

CategoryPiano Quartet

Composer
Judith Weir

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Programme Note

Arise! Arise! , for piano quartet, was written for the Schubert Ensemble/Chamber Music 2000 in 1999. It is based on an English/American folksong called 'Arise! Arise! you slumbering sleepers'., which is heard in fragments against a bell-like ostinato. I have dedicated the piece to Margaret Semple, who taught me music, in the most inspiring way, when I was at school.

© Judith Weir