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120. Intimate String Works
120. Intimate String Works
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20 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2011
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Podcast episode
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Works for chamber orchestra and string quartet performed by A Far Cry and the Orion String Quartet.Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces Intimae"There is something uniquely intimate about chamber music for strings. At times, the ensemble can sound like one enormous instrument, resonating together; at others, the effect is of independent voices, the differences in timbre and register emphasized. Indeed, many composers seem to use the string quartet as a sort of musical depiction of internal struggles, of the life of the mind.
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces Intimae"There is something uniquely intimate about chamber music for strings. At times, the ensemble can sound like one enormous instrument, resonating together; at others, the effect is of independent voices, the differences in timbre and register emphasized. Indeed, many composers seem to use the string quartet as a sort of musical depiction of internal struggles, of the life of the mind.
Released:
Jun 15, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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