Monday, September 10, 2018

Rutherford's First String Quartet


I just finished making an arrangement of my Elegy and Variations for string quartet, which I am calling my String Quartet No 1. The pitch-perfect Chengdu String Quartet recorded this in an abandoned movie theater near here, while Fritz watched out for police. After three takes, I think we got it down well. Some actual bats responded to the "bat-flight" segment, to general delight. 
The twelve-minute work consists of:

  • Elegy 1 (Night Fog at the Lake) in C Minor
  • Batflight
  • Fireflies in a Midnight Grove (in A Minor)
  • Temper Tantrum with Bullfrogs
  • Elegy 2 (in F-Sharp Minor)


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