related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
voc pf
Quartetto per archi : 1967 / Henk van der Vliet
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Wochenbuch 87 : for string quartet, 1987 / Herman van Dam
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Quatuor nr. II : pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle / Henk Stam
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
composition
Elegy : for string quartet / Ross James Carey
Other authors:
Carey, Ross James
(Composer)
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.