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Kats-Chernin - Mezmer - String Quartet
$22.00
- Mezmer (2010)
- for String Quartet
- Series: Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music
- Publisher: Bote & Bock
- Format: Softcover
- Score & Parts
- Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
Mezmer for string quartet is an adaptation of the last movement of Re-Collecting ASTORoids, an earlier suite for orchestra from Kats-Chernin. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the suite was written in tribute to Astor Piazzolla and is clearly inspired by tango, though Kats-Chernin uses various rhythms as her source of inspiration. Mezmer is a miniature and has an intimate, smoky feel with a bluesy violin solo laden with vibrato. An air of solitude and reflection surrounds the piece.