David Post
Fantasia on a Virtual Chorale
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David Post
Fantasia on a Virtual Chorale
- Instrumentation String Quartet
- Composer David Post
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- Publisher Editions Bim
- Order no. BIM-QC16
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Description:
The Fantasia was commissioned by the Terezin Music Foundation in 2003. The term 'virtual', borrowed from contemporary cyberspace usage, refers to the fact that the choral is not really there - that is, until the end of the piece. It's 'essence', in the form of thematic and harmonic fragments swirl around until they finally emerge into the choral itself. It makes a brief appearance, but then begins to disintegrate, vanishing into silence. The Hawthorne String Quartet recorded the Fantasia on Naxos 8.559661.