The Emerson String Quartet will premiere String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night in Köln, Germany in March 2010. Further performances are currently slated for the Smithsonian in Washington, SUNY Stony Brook, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Combining elements of chaconne, passacaglia and theme-and-variations, the piece takes the Welsh tune “All Through the Night” through a dizzying and dazzling journey from twilight to twilight.
TWILIGHT – Variations
DREAM -- Chaconne
DREAM - Passacaglia
Variations - TWILIGHT
String Quartet No. 5: The Infinite Sphere was commissioned by the Emerson String Quartet and an anonymous donor in honor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It runs approximately thirty-one minutes.
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