composer
Ross James Carey is a composer and pianist. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand in 1969, he has been teaching at universities in Malaysia since 2010. As both a composer ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
voc pf
String Quartet Nº 6 : with echo-delay / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Instruments:
2vl vla vc
2e strijkkwartet / B. v.d. Sigtenhorst Meyer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Instruments:
2vl vla vc
Quartettino Nº 7 : a-moll / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Instruments:
2vn vla vc
composition
Elegy : for string quartet / Ross James Carey
Description:
Elegy for string quartet was composed in April 2005 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, a few months after the Indian Ocean tsunami of the 26th of December 2004, which caused such a large loss of life in many countries in that region. It is dedicated to the memory of those who perished at that time.
Over a murmuring ostinato in the viola and cello, the two violins articulate an impassioned declaration of loss, before the piece comes to a gentle close.