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The Void Between Heartbeats

for String Quartet

Year:  2016   ·  Duration:  10m 50s
Instrumentation:  2 violins, viola, cello and FX

Year:  2016
Duration:  10m 50s
Instrumentation  2 violins, viola, cello and FX

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Michael F Williams: The Voi...

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About

The Void Between Heartbeats, written for string quartet and digital effects, is inspired by the idea of the emptiness and stillness between one beat of the heart and the next. The moment when the arrow should be released; the trigger squeezed, and where the self is not. It is written as a single movement but with three distinct sections. The slow, spacious opening explores themes of emptiness and the abyss before transitioning into a chorale like theme, somewhat like a prayer. The third section is more rhythmic, becoming more aggressive and anxious before returning to the prayer theme. The effects that have been used in this piece are reverb, delay, harmonizer and distortion.


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