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Ross Carey  

Elegy

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2005
for string quartet

  • Programme Note

    This brief elegy was written a few months after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, in which so many lost their lives. Over the gently rocking figures of the viola and cello are heard the more impassioned lines of the violins; these seem to chase after one another before the piece comes to a quiet close. Composed for the Auckland Philharmonia Ensemble Philharmonia concerts, where it received its first performance in November 2006.

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Keith Statham  

"Ina" an original Scottish Air

Duration: 03' 34" Year: 2005
for string quartet

John Psathas  

Kartsigar

Duration: 17' 00" Year: 2005
for string quartet

  • Programme Note

    Both movements of this work began as transcriptions of recorded performances by two of Greece’s living master-musicians, clarino player Manos Achalinotopoulos and percussionist Vagelis Karypis. The Transcriptions are based on two separate recordings of a traditional taximi entitled Kartsigar. Taximia form part of an oral tradition in which improvisation played an important role. Songs would begin with an instrumental prelude, the taximi, where a musican showed off his prowess. This set the mood for the song to follow, and could last for as long as twenty minutes.

    The taximi Kartsigar comprises two elements, an ostinato and the improvised melody. The melody forms the basis of the first movement of the quartet, and the ostinato forms the basis of the second.

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Eric Biddington  

Music for Kathy

 Year: 2005
for violin and piano

Keith Statham  

Pastorale

Duration: 06' 50" Year: 2005
for string quartet

Anthony Ritchie  

Song for Minstrel, op.120

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2005
for violin and piano

Simon Eastwood  

The Spindle of Necessity

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 2005
for string quartet

Graham Parsons  

Three Pieces for Violin and Piano

 Year: 2005
for violin and piano

Chris Adams  

Unspoken Songs

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 2005
for string quartet