Partituras para conjunto de cuerda

This three-minute piece for string quartet unites the typical features of Elena Kats-Chernin's compositions: blues harmony, a motor-like rhythm driven by syncopes, bittersweet melodies and austere-poe...

Ursprünglich für die Suite Silver Poetry, a Suite on Australian Images und die deutsche Flötistin Christiane Meininger geschrieben, deren speziell entworfene Flöte diesen Namen trägt ('Poesie in Silbe...

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to Eamonn Quinn, Artistic Director of Louth Contemporary Music Society in Ireland, for his deep empathy, appreciation and great...

Written for the Kronos String Quartet, this piece contains Irish accents and some simple ideas that both convey the composer's enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which reminds him of his n...

After I had dedicated my first quartet (1983/84) to the memory of a friend and musician who died young, I had to mourn the death of yet another friend: Eduard Khagagortyan. To him, I dedicated my seco...

The title is a quote from the essay 'The Rose of Paracelsus' by Jorge Luis Borges. This parable is about the secret of the creation of a miracle, the disappearance and reappearance of the rose as well...

Premiered at the 1978 Bath Festival by the Lindsay Quartet. Parts available: SOS01004

This work was written in 1958. It was commissioned by the University of Glasgow under the terms of the McEwen Bequest.

Quoting Saxton: My Fantazia for String Quartet was complete in December 1993 in response to a commission from the London International String Quartet Competition for a test piece for the 1994 competit...