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Composer:
Colin Johnson
Title:
Music Upon Silence
Instrumentation:
String quartet
Duration:
3 minutes
Difficulty:
Basic amateur
Technical Issues:
Due to the many silences the piece may need conducting to help performers maintain their place.
Programme note:
This is a lyrical piece, with many silences. It was originally written for a variety of instruments, but re-written for string quartet, and first performed by the Bingham Quartet at the COMA Summer School on 1996. It was performed by the London Chamber Group at the Bromley Festival in June 1999.
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12th June 1999