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String Instruments with Piano / Basso continuo

Trios

Quartets

Quintets

Premiere: 24. November 1990 · Domus · Sir Adrian Boult Hall · Birmingham
Orchestra instrumentation: pno-vln.vla.vc
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 16' 0''
Year of composition: 1990
Edition: score and parts
78 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: M-2201-1951-4
Order number: ED 12414

Price: 39,95 €

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Description:

Written for the superb Domus ensemble, Casken's vivid addition to the small number of modern piano quartets exploits the very different sonorities, weight and attack which strings and piano possess. Casken's music has a strong sense of theatre and here the singing lines are constantly threatened by dynamic, rhythmic material. '... this 16-minute single movement explores the essential dichotomy between the dynamic percussive keyboard and the singing, more cohesive strings.' (Christopher Morley. The Birmingham Post. 1990)

Listen to Samples:

Casken · Piano Quartet · Audio Sample

Sample Pages:
Casken · Piano Quartet · Score Clip

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