Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 11
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Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 11
- Instrumentation String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello)
- Composer Elena Ruehr
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher ECS Publishing
- Order no. ECS9331
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Description:
In March 2023 I heard a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of Górecki’s Sorrowful Songs, and it reminded me of Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings. At the time I was writing my Eleventh String Quartet, and it moved me to write a piece inspired by these two emotional and lyrical works. The first movement is entitled ‘Long Night’ in honor of the long winter nights in Reykjavík, I was also thinking forward to the many challenges that lie ahead of us. In addition, I was anticipating the premiere in Reykjavík and was listening to traditional Icelandic music.I heard some wonderful singing where the men and women played off of each other, and I wrote the final movement thinking of a springtime celebration after a dark winter. —Elena Ruehr Contents:I. Long NightII. Interlude: the sun rises through a thin veilIII. Spring Song and Dance