Sheet Music by Women Composers for String Ensemble: Versatile Works

Das Stück entstand, als Elena Kats-Chernins jüngster Sohn Nick verlangte, nach all den Verwandten und Freunden solle nun auch einmal ein Stück für ihn entstehen. Der Titel 'Zweite Tür links' bezieht s...

Das Stück entstand, als Elena Kats-Chernins jüngster Sohn Nick verlangte, nach all den Verwandten und Freunden solle nun auch einmal ein Stück für ihn entstehen. Der Titel 'Zweite Tür links' bezieht s...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: Vor einigen Jahren beauftragte mich die Künstlerin und Fotografin Joyce Evans, ein Stück zum Gedenken an ihre Mutter Rosa zu schreiben. Im Jahr 2012 wurde ich gebeten, diese...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: Vor einigen Jahren beauftragte mich die Künstlerin und Fotografin Joyce Evans, ein Stück zum Gedenken an ihre Mutter Rosa zu schreiben. Im Jahr 2012 wurde ich gebeten, dies...

For its farewell season after 35 years, the Nomos Quartet from Hanover created a concert series in 2019 around the works by Ludwig van Beethoven, who had set standards in the field of string quartets....

Für seine Abschiedssaison nach 35 Jahren kreierte das Hannoveraner Nomos-Quartett 2019 eine Konzertreihe rund um die Werke Ludwig van Beethovens, der ja auf dem Gebiet des Streichquartetts Maßstabsetz...

I wrote Naive Waltz in the early 90s for a dance piece called "Zeche 2" in Bochum, Germany. It was one of a few waltzes in that production and the only one to survive the passing of time,' says Elena...

In 2006 Kylie Kwong who is the ambassador for the Fair Trade Association of Australia and NZ asked me to write a piece for Fair Trade event, she asked for something earthy and poetic and she told me a...

In 2006 Kylie Kwong who is the ambassador for the Fair Trade Association of Australia and NZ asked me to write a piece for Fair Trade event, she asked for something earthy and poetic and she told me a...

Olga Neuwirth's string quartet, written in 2009, is a homage to the American artist Henry Darger and his richly illustrated book manuscript of the same name, which was only discovered posthumously. Ne...

Anmerkung des Komponisten:Die Primula vulgaris ist eine in Europa heimische Pflanze, die auch unter dem Namen 'English Primrose' ('Stängellose Schlüsselblume') bekannt und ein willkommener Anblick im...

The idea came to me suddenly: It would be Undine or Ophelia, in any case with a connection to water. When I reread the two stories, I decided on Shakespeare's heroine Ophelia, a touching portrayal of...

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

This short blues commemorates the demolition of St. Agnes Place in Lambeth, South London on 29th November 2005. It was written for Douglas Paterson (viola) and Jane Salmon (cello), who gave the first...

Judith Weir's Sundew for Violin and Cello. Score. ' The bog-based Sundew Plant isn't as pleasant as the name suggests. It produces beads of fluid, resembling dew, but in fact a sticky deposit in which...

Judith Weir's Night is a work for Violin and Cello. Commissioned by Enterprise Music Scotland, 'Night' was written for High Heels and Horse Hair - comprised of Alice Rickards (Violin) and Sonia Cromar...

Aure is a work for Violin and Cello by Kaija Saariaho. Originally composed for Violin and Viola, this version was created in 2015, and was originally an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday, insp...

Commissioned by the Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts and first performed in 2019. According to the composer Enigma was inspired by 'the notion of the 'in-between', juxta...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

A short work for Violin and Viola commissioned as a birthday present for Lady Susan Hussey and first performed at a Musical Evening in Kennington, London on Sunday 15th September 2019 by Eloisa-Fleur...

Helen Grime’s String Quartet No. 2 was commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison and The Radcliffe Trust; and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Much of the...

Helen Grime’s String Quartet No. 2 was commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the generous support of Nicholas and Judith Goodison and The Radcliffe Trust; and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Much of the...