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- Judith Weir
String Quartet (1990)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the Rodewald Concert Society and South East Arts
Programme Note
My String Quartet was written for the Endellion Quartet in 1990. It consists of three movements played together without a break with a total duration of just over twelve minutes.
Each of the movements is based on song fragments which I had previously composed, giving the quartet a relatively lyrical character throughout. The songs of the first two movements were settings of medieval Spanish romances: the third is inspired by a ballad from Banffshire, Scotland.
© Judith Weir
Each of the movements is based on song fragments which I had previously composed, giving the quartet a relatively lyrical character throughout. The songs of the first two movements were settings of medieval Spanish romances: the third is inspired by a ballad from Banffshire, Scotland.
© Judith Weir
Media
String Quartet: I. Serene
String Quartet: II. Con moto
String Quartet: III. Presto
Reviews
...as spare and brittle as a winter landscape.
11th January 2009
Discography
Northern Lights - String Quartets
- LabelMetier
- Catalogue NumberMSV28507
- EnsembleKreutzer Quartet
- Released26th January 2009
Contemporary String Quartets from Scotland
- LabelDelphian
- Catalogue NumberDCD3403
- EnsembleEdinburgh Quartet
- Released12th February 2007
The British Book
- LabelGenuin
- Catalogue NumberGEN86065
- EnsembleThe Reinhold Quartet
- Released11th September 2006