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String quartets / Carl Vine ; Goldner String Quartet.
Library shelf no. CD 2458 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
This work is principally concerned with the rhythmic relationship
between individual players and manipulation of the subsequent
sense of "pulse" within the ensemble as a whole. The piece is in
three clear sections. The introduction to the first centres on a
constant beat which is subdivided in different ways by each
player creating complex counter-rhythms from comparatively simple
rhythmic lines. The players come into rhythmic unison on a pulse
which is then subjected to a series of metric modulations, where
a non-principal pulse in one bar becomes the principal pulse in
the next and so on.
The second section centres on a rhythmic ostinato on cello which
is then overlayed with other repetitive rhythmic figures similar
to the rhythmic organisation of certain African musics. The
harmonic approach to the piece is fairly simple if not
traditional, either following a simple chordal progression which
is obscured through unexpected voicing and/or the introduction of
"extraneous" accidentals, or, as in the second section, based on
a simple "mode" with similar obscuring techniques.
The final section confirms this harmonic simplicity with the
introduction of repeated dominant-tonic chords which, through
various recapitulations of what has gone before, leave no doubt
that the work was actually in C major.
Work Details
Year: 1984
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello.
Duration: 14 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Petra String Quartet with funds provided by Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Australia Council. Music Board.
First performance: by Petra String Quartet — 14 Jul 85. Recording Hall, Sydney Opera House
Performances of this work
14 Jul 85: Recording Hall, Sydney Opera House. Featuring Petra String Quartet.
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