String Quartet
Mar 16th, 2008 by craig
Lately I’ve been listening to a string quartet. Here’s one of the pieces I like.
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Mar 16th, 2008 by craig
Lately I’ve been listening to a string quartet. Here’s one of the pieces I like.
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I like it too. 🙂 Particularly the middle.
I like it. A lot. For various reasons. >___>
This is interesting. I liked it more the longer it went on (the first part almost sounded synthesized) – and particularyl enjoyed the middle section.
What is the name of this quartet? How did you discover them?
This doesn’t have anything to do with your blog post, but your image of the moment. Where did you get that image of Krampus? I’ve seen that exact picture before on an album cover.
I get a lot of my images – the ones I call “artsy” – from a picture of the day thing from the San Francisco Chronicle. I believe the image you’re referring to I got a couple of years ago. It’s an AP photo from photographer Martin Schalk. I found it again this morning on a BBC archive which you can see here :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4491672.stm
It’s the tenth, or last, picture of the page.
Allison, sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier on this… Your assesment of this and comment was what I was most looking forward to.
The last time I was in SLC Michael took me up to Grey Whale looking for vinyl albums. While we were there I stumbled across this cd, and just had to have it. It was a string quartet covering some of the music I’ve always loved (guess who). So, listen to this one again – the string version – and I’ll post the original so you can compare.
Well, before I listen to the original I will listen again and share a few more in-depth comments.
I will guess it is a Rush piece 🙂
I thought of Rush the first time I listened, when you first posted. It has a very Rush-like quality of repetition and disonance, and running lines where the bass and melody are the same as each other. Very Rush like 🙂
With the varying styles/sections, it kind of sounds like it could be 3 different compositions that have been blended together in a single piece. Besides Rush, there are a couple of sections that made me think of Aaron Copeland and one had an “Elenore Rigby” (Beatles) feel to it.
My favorite part is when the violin first comes in (and also happens near the end) and has a soaring, beautiful melody (without the percussive strings underneath). It’s really very lovely. The dissonent, repetitive stocatta string parts are a bit too modern for my taste. With repeat listening I think they’d get on my nerves in the same way that Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” gets on my nerves. But that’s just me 🙂
What is the name of the quartet? Are they using traditional instruments or electornic? What a fun, new way to listen to your favorite music!
Very astute – and insightful! Many of the things you mention are exactly what attracts me to Rush. I’d have to check on the case to see who’s performing, I don’t think they go by a group name, just several playing together. I believe it’s all real instrumentation, I don’t think any of it is electronically produced. The cd is called “Exit, Stage Right” a play on one of Rush’s live releases titled “Exit, Stage Left.” It is fun to hear – there are twelve tracks on the cd, and some of them translate a little better than others.