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For string Orchestra (originally - string quartet
No.1)
This composition in 3 parts aims to explore
string sonorities and East European folk flavours. Much of the folklore of the
area is modal, the scales used in Ancient Greek times, and the first movement is
in the Aeolian mode. Mostly associated with sorrowful music here I have used
this mode to give an anxious and unsettled character. The second movement is
formed of a series of chords, with shifting centres of modality, which melt into
each other in a rich string texture, and the last section, inspired by Bulgarian
folklore is an energetic dance in 7/8.
First Performance: The Corinthian
Orchestra/dir. Alan Hazeldine, 25th March 2003, St. James's, Piccadilly-London
Duration: c. 10'
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