String Quartet
Viking Dance (quartet for guitar and strings)
By Marcus Roberts
Regular price
$55.00
Quartet with Bodhram, Guitars and Strings, and includes the solo guitar part for assisting in rehearsals as it has the main parts condensed into the one score. c.4'00. Advance grade
The piece uses two modes to capture the “old world”[Viking] feel and alternates between D Mixolydian and A Dorian. The imagery that comes to mind is that of a league of Vikings emerging in the distance, rising from below a hill complete with drums being hit for war, horses, swords in hand, handheld flags on masts as the fearsome warriors emerge and a scene of dancing around a massive bonfire celebrating their victory and ultimate rise to Valhalla. It is a warrior dance, without fear and to be played tenaciously!
All versions of Viking Dance can be played separately or as an ensemble.
Composed 2023
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Performed at the Margaret River Strings Attached Guitar Festival 2023
ISMN 9790673143982
Water Dreamers
By Kevin March
Regular price
$60.00
For String Quartet in five movements, c.20'00
- I. Harbour Lights
- II. Ghost on the Tide
- III. Mild as a Star in Water
- IV. Dancing on Whitecaps
- V. Always Dreaming of Waves
The theme of and inspiration for the work is the character and timeless nature of the relationship between Australia’s coastal environments and its people, and the connection between old worlds and new. Water holds a unique place in the lives of Australians.
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ISMN 9790673143012
Woman's Song, A
By Anne Cawrse
Regular price
$70.00
A song cycle for Soprano and String Quartet
Each poem is by a female writer and was chosen due to the distinctly feminine perspectives of the world which they conveyed. These views, despite the eras they were penned, are also universal in place and time. Through close connection between text and music, A Woman’s Song seeks to explore some unique and personal aspects of being a woman- freedom from societal expectation and restriction, passion and love, spirituality, loss and understanding.
- 1. Chanson (Purnette du Guillet), c.6'00
- 2. June (Amy Levy), c.5'00
- 3. Stanzas (Emily Bronte), c.6'00
Composed 2005
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ISMN9790720249896