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Sound Fields for string orchestra

  • Year
    2007
  • Duration
    4'
  • Category
    Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation
min. 9.6.6.6.4 players
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Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts
Paul Sacher Stiftung
Premiere
Jul 20, 2008/ Tanglewood Music Center Fellows / Stefan Asbury/ Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA
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  • Sound Fields clip

In thinking about musical contrasts between thick textures and thin ones, I had the idea of composing a piece which depended only on such contrasts, always remaining at the same dynamic and tone color using strings non-vibrato. Helen Frankenthaler’s fascinating Color Field pictures encouraged me to try this experiment.

– Elliott Carter
Recordings (1)
  • Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Eight - 16 Compositions (2002-2009)
    Bridge Records 9314 A/B (2010)
    Martin Owen, horn | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor | BBC Singers | New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein, conductor | Leigh Melrose, baritone (+16)
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