Encore
composer: Peter Eötvös
(There`s a taxi waiting for Chekhov, but he'd rather go on foot.)
für Streichquartett
Dedication: für den 80. Geburtstag von György Kurtág
Premiere: 11. Juni 2006 in Neuhardenberg · Athena Quartett
Instrumentation: string quartet
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 2' 0''
Year of composition: 2005
Difficulty: difficult
Edition: score and parts
12 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-001-14063-8
Order number: ED 9930
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Right at the beginning, this funny encore piece has the string quartet imitate the squawking horn of a car from 1901. The following polyrhythmic and somewhat slow chorale may suggest that Chekhov actually did not make his decision easy for himself…
'Encore' is dedicated to Peter Eötvös' Hungarian fellow composer and master of aphorism, György Kurtág, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
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