Beamish: Nine Fragments
String Quartet No. 4
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- Composer: Sally Beamish (1956-)
- Format: Score & Set of Parts
- Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Work: Nine Fragments (String Quartet No. 4) (2019)
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- Pages: 96
Description
Sally Beamish's String Quartet No. 4 Nine Fragments is a 20-minute work that takes Robert Schumann's String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor as a starting point. The piece was commissioned by the Elias Quartet, with funding from Wigmore Hall, the Harvard Musical Association, and Het Concertgebouw. The world premiere took place on 22 February 2019 at Wigmore Hall, London, with the Elias Quartet.