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)
