Edmund Finnis
String Quartet No. 1 'Aloysius'
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Edmund Finnis
String Quartet No. 1 'Aloysius'
- Instrumentation String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello)
- Composer Edmund Finnis
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- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. ED14234
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This quartet is in five movements. I wrote the penultimate movement first. It is a personal reflection on William Byrd’s setting of the fifth century hymn ‘Christe, qui lux es et dies’. That ancient melody is a prayer for Light within the darkness of the night. The falling and rising contours within it became integral to my work on the quartet as a whole, as did the mental image of the setting and rising of the sun. String Quartet No.1 ‘Aloysius’ was co-commissioned by Alois Lageder and Aldeburgh Festival, and is dedicated to the Lageder family. © Edmund Finnis