String Quartet
Instrumentation:
2 violins, viola, cello
Movements:
I. (constraint #1)
II. (conceit #1)
III. (constraint #2)
IV. (conceit #2)
V. (constraint #3)
VI. (conceit #3)
Duration:
approximately 17'
Dates of Composition/Revision:
March 1999 - January 2000
Premier Performance:
Movements I, III and V only: March 1, 2000 - Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA. The New England Conservatory Honors String Quartet (John Holland, I-Ching Li - violins; Chi-Yuan Chen - viola; Julie Jung - cello)
First complete performance: July 26, 2000 - Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. Cyrus Stevens, Laura Frautschi - violins; Louise Schulman - viola; Joshua Gordon - cello
Score:
available immediately
Parts:
available on short notice
Recording:
Studio recording available on CD "Avoidance Tactics" (Cauchemar Records 001), released November 2003. Samples of movements 2 and 3 in mp3 format can be downloaded.
Demo recording (culled from rehearsals on 7/25-26/00) also available on request, featuring Cyrus Stevens, Laura Frautschi - violins; Louise Schulman - viola; Joshua Gordon - cello.
Notes:
String Quartet was the winner of the 1999-2000 Honors String Quartet competition at New England Conservatory of Music, and was given its full premiere at the 56th Annual Composers Conference on 7/26/00 in Wellesley, MA.
