Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
8/10/1968
Magog, QC
Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin / Anka Moravek, violin / Norbert Blume, viola / Eric Wilson, cello / Marius Constant
Magog, QC
Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin / Anka Moravek, violin / Norbert Blume, viola / Eric Wilson, cello / Marius Constant
World Premiere
6/12/2005
Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
Zephyr Kwartet
Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
Zephyr Kwartet
Programme Note
This string quartet by Claude Vivier, although entitled on the manuscript Quatuor à cordes no. 1, is the composer’s only work for this medium. Although a student work, it was the first item he included in his catalogue of works, thereby showing his high regard for the piece. The musical language of the Quatuor à cordes bears little relation to the language of the later works for which Vivier has become known. Yet the piece is a significant achievement, both in its own terms and as the first step on one of the most compelling compositional journeys of the late twentieth century.
© Bob Gilmore
Note reproduced by permission of the author.