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thick with garbage and the dust of stars : Trakl Pictures for string quartet
by Jack Symonds (2013)
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Work Overview
The four unequal movements of this quartet are snapshots from the lurid poetry of Austrian Expressionist Georg Trakl. The first two movements are fragments; question marks. The first is a slow swirl of uncertainty, the second a warped descent. The third movement is fast, and obsesses over hard scraps of theme with the gears constantly shifting. The fourth movement is a numbed night-vision which looks up at a cold sky and sees the rest of the piece disappear out of sight.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Misterioso (45 sec.) -- II. Adagissimo (45 sec.) -- III. Presto (3 min., 30 sec.) -- IV. Misterioso (4 min., 30 sec.).
Commission note: Commissioned by Carriageworks for performance by JACK Quartet.
First performance: by JACK Quartet — 17 Aug 13. Carriageworks, Sydney
Subjects
- Influenced by: Literature & Poetry
Performances of this work
17 Aug 13: Carriageworks, Sydney. Featuring JACK Quartet.
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