SCORES
String Quartet
ABOUT
- Spring Dance
- Summer Air
- Navajo Sandstone
- Snow, Wind and Water
Purely by chance, Hiscocks’ String Quartet loosely follows a pattern of the four seasons. The autumnal Navaho Sandstone was the first movement to be conceived with ‘Summer Air’ added after the premiere of the other three movements at the Amadeus Festival in Geneva. ‘Summer Air’ can also be performed alone.
INSTRUMENTATION
string quartet: two violins, viola, cello
string quartet: two violins, viola, cello
DURATION
18:00
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1994-2002
PERFORMANCES
23 September 1999 (World Premiere of Navajo Sandstone & Snow, Wind and Water) Amicus String Quartet
ABC Studio 520, Adelaide, South Australia. (only ‘Navajo Sandstone’ and ‘Snow, Wind and Water’)
1 September 2001 (including World Premiere of Spring Dance) Quatuor Terpsychordes
Amadeus Festival, Grange de la touviere, Geneva, Switzerland
