Inevitable Rifts
composer: John Casken
for string quintet
Commissioned work: Commissioned by the Musiktage Mondsee Festival
Premiere: September 4, 2009 Mondsee, Schlosskonzerte (A) Musiktage Mondsee 2009 · Rosamunde Quartett; Heinrich Schiff, Cello
Orchestra instrumentation: 2vln.vc.2vc
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 12' 0''
Year of composition: 2009
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Inevitable Rifts for string quintet, like Schubert’s Quintet in C, D 956, adds an extra cello to the string quartet making for a richer sound. Casken explores the tensions and differences created by forming an alliance between the viola and two cellos quite separate from the two violins, a rift heard at the very start with the lower instruments playing dark, pulsating chords, and the violins moving together in a slow broken cantilena.
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