Adam Schoenberg
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Version for String Quartet (2014)
This work was commissioned and premiered by:
The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington
Duration: ca. 7 minutes
First Performance: August 22, 2014 by Nathan Cole, Violin, Akiko Tarumoto, violin, Burchard Tang, viola, Priscilla Lee, cello, at the Fastig-Tipton Pavilion, Lexington, KY
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Program Note
Go was commissioned by The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington and premiered on August 22, 2014 at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion. Inspired by the Kentucky blue landscape and world-renowned horse race tracks and farms, Go is a high energy, groove oriented single-movement work for string quartet. The piece begins as if each member of the quartet is at the starting line of a race. Using glissando techniques to create a revving effect, the movement opens with a series of roaring engines that increase in intensity before locking into a groove that becomes the foundation of the piece. Several different grooves and rhythmic patterns develop as the quartet continues to round the track. The piece ultimately ends with a “sprint to the finish.”
Go is dedicated to Charlie Stone and Scott Terrell. And a special acknowledgement to Nathan Cole, without whom this piece would not have been possible.
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