In my craft or sullen art
composer: Huw Watkins
text writer: Dylan Thomas
Goodison Quartet No. 4
for tenor and string quartet
Premiere: May 15, 2007 London, Wigmore Hall (UK) · Petersen Quartet; Mark Padmore, tenor
Instrumentation: tenor and string quartet
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 12' 0''
Year of composition: 2007
Difficulty: difficult to very difficult
Edition: score and parts - Register: tenor
Language: English
104 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-2201-3055-7
Order number: ED 13085
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Setting Dylan Thomas's evocative yet humble poem 'In my craft or sullen art', Watkins conjures up a beautifully introspective introduction with the use of a simple quintuplet motif which is later transformed into a reflective coda. The main body of the work comprises of two contrasting settings of the poem separated by an extended passage for quartet alone giving the opportunity for some virtuosic and expressive string writing. Commissioned by Nicholas and Judith Goodison, 'In my craft or sullen art' is the final piece in a series of works they commissioned for voice and string quartet.
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Huw Watkins - In my craft of sullen art (2012)
Huw Watkins
Mark Padmore, tenor; Huw Watkins, piano; Paul Watkins, cello; Alina Ibragimova, violin; The Nash Ensemble; Elias Quartet
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NMC D164
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