Wreath
for Franz Schubert
string quintet
- Year
- 2024
- Duration
- 00:22:00
- Category
- String Quintet
Instrumentation
2 vln.vla.2 vlc
Commission
Commission led by the Danish String Quartet (supported by The Augustinus Foundation) with co-commissioners UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures, Cal Performances, Vancouver Recital Society, Carnegie Hall, Flagey, and Muziekgebouw aan ' t IJ
Programme notes
Wreath - for Franz Schubert is a single-movement work for string quintet. The central string trio of violin, viola and cello play arco throughout, a gradually unfolding "lifespan" of entwined "blooms". The outer violin and cello outline them in pizzicato. The players are loosely co-ordinated, but within specific boundaries, so that within certain limits no two performances would be the same, and the duration is flexible: between fifteen and thirty minutes, depending on the players, or maybe the weather.
The inescapable relation to Schubert's double-cello quintet will be clear, especially to its slow movement. At a recent (devastating) performance of it I was fascinated over again by the rôle of the second cello - at once lead singer, commentator and umpire.
I am most grateful to the great Danish String Quartet for giving me the time and encouragement to realize and develop this new path in my work.
Availability
Score and parts in preparation
Scores and publication
Upcoming performances
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Previous performances
- — Composer
- — Ritarihuone (Helsinki, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus (Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Flagey (Brussels, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall (New York City, NY, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Vancouver Playhouse (Vancouver, BC, Canada) — Canada — Composer
- — Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (Copenhagen, Denmark) — Denmark — Composer
Recordings
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