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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

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Performances of this work

17 Aug 13: Carriageworks, Sydney. Featuring JACK Quartet.

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