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Aaron Gervais, 1980
Four stills on evaporation in thirty-one fragments: for string quartet
Four stills on evaporation in thirty-one fragments: for string quartet
MI 3134 G38fou
2006
2006
00:09:00
Physical Description:
1 score (18 p.); 39 cm. + 4 parts
Instrumentation:
Violin - 2
Viola - 1
Violoncello - 1
Viola - 1
Violoncello - 1
Premiere Information:
26/02/2007
University of California at San Diego, Warren Studio A
San Diego
Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti (vln1), Ashot Sarkissjan (vln2), Ralf Ehlers (vla), Lucas Fels (vc)
University of California at San Diego, Warren Studio A
San Diego
Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti (vln1), Ashot Sarkissjan (vln2), Ralf Ehlers (vla), Lucas Fels (vc)
This piece reflects my ongoing interests in sectional forms, doing away with transitional material, and the challenging of aesthetic assumptions. There is no attempt to relate any of the materials of the piece over the large scale. Instead, I have focused on a broad gesture—that of a long diminuendo—that goes from beginning to end. Within that gesture are a series of thirty-one fragments, some with local relationships to adjoining fragments, some without. No structures or organizing principles have been used that are not immediately apparent to the ear, and each section is composed intuitively with regard to pitch, rhythm, tone colour, and phrasing. The piece also includes several theatrical elements, and is therefore best appreciated in a live performance.
