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Performance by Goldner String Quartet from the CD String quartets volume 3 |
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String quartets volume 3 / Peter Sculthorpe ; Goldner String Quartet
Library shelf no. CD 1989 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1999
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello.
Duration: 16 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. A song for dancing -- II. An exorcism -- III. A song of mourning -- IV. A love song -- V. A cry of joy.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Joan Tribe, Ken Tribe
Commission note: Commissioned by the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
First performance: by Coolidge Quartet — 10 Jul 99. Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Based upon a sequence of songs belonging to the Simori mountain people of Western New Guinea.
Subjects
- Influenced by: Gamelan
- Influenced by: Indigenous music
Performances of this work
22 Sep 2021: at Cameron Hill, Helen Ayres, Stephen King, Simon Cobcroft and Konstantin Shamray (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Cameron Hill, Helen Ayers, Stephen King, Simon Cobcroft.
Apr 12: Trackdown Studios, Sydney. Featuring Goldner String Quartet.
10 Jul 99: Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia. Featuring Coolidge Quartet.
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