String Quartet in A minor "Echoes"

Instrumentation

violin, violin, viola, cello

Recording, click here

Score, download - 0.17MB

Other Information

A single-movement string quartet lasting about 15 minutes, the work was written in response to a request from Stafford Music Festival for a piece to evoke Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire.  James "Athenian" Stuart worked here, and the estate was significant in the story of the Greek Revival.  There are echoes of some of the famous, and not so famous, musicians who have visited Shugborough over the last 250 years, and a little humour mixed with a little more anguish in what is a challenging but rewarding piece to perform, and to listen to.

The full work video recording features the Alard Quartet at a cpncert in St Mary's Stafford in 2013.  The work dates from 2011.