Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Voyage
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Voyage
- Instrumentation String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello)
- Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Theodore Presser Company
- Order no. PRES144-40572
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Description:
When the family heirs to the legendary Galimir String Quartet (three sisters and a brother) gathered to commemorate the centenary birth years of these famed performers; they chose Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to commission for this honor. The composer; who has also worked professionally as a violinist; responded with a one-movement odyssey entitled Voyage; cross-breeding her own characteristic style with glimpses of Viennese waltzes and other Galimir flavor. 'There is a sweet; sad lyricism to this work; a hectic discord...; some wailing and moaning; these moods alternating with dancing klezmer rhythms of Jewish wedding music that take over and make things right in the end.' (Stanley Fefferman; BachTrack.com)