2006

for string quartet

By:

• Gao Ping

Contents:

one movement

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Commissioned:

Commissioned by NZ string quartet with the funding from Creative NZ

• New Zealand String Quartet

Difficulty:

Advanced

Difficulty Note:

The composer has noted that the work is slow, spacious, commanding intensity from the performers

Influences:

• Language and Literature

Funders:

• Creative New Zealand

Performance History

	27 Jan 2007	Performed by New Zealand String Quartet at the Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson
		New Zealand String Quartet
	15 Feb 2007	Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet at the Asia Pacific Festival in Wellington in 2007
		New Zealand String Quartet
	26 Oct 2008	Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet as part of the European Tour 2008 at Aula der Universitat, Goettingen, Germany
		New Zealand String Quartet
	10 Nov 2008	Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet as part of the European Tour 2008 at Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
		New Zealand String Quartet
	12 Nov 2008	Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet as part of the European Tour 2008 at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
		New Zealand String Quartet
	20 Nov 2008	Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet as part of the European Tour 2008 at Art in Avila, La Belle Alliance, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
		New Zealand String Quartet