related works

Mini-concerto : for solo trombone and 7 brass instruments, 1984 / James Fulkerson

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Brass ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: h 3trp trb-t trb-b tb trb-t-solo

Quartetto d’archi No VIII (unfinished version) : for string quartet / Robert de Roos

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

The Witch of New Orleans (from "The Girls Collection") : for string quartet / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Quartetto d'archi No. 5 / Robert de Roos

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

composition

String quartet No. 4 / James Fulkerson

Author(s):
Fulkerson, James (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The work is composed in three movements which are performed with a slight pause between each of them. All movements are either fast or very fast. In particular, movement three sounds as if it is being improvised - although it is fully notated, while movement two applies a reductive process to music initially heard in movement one. While I believe that I am working within the 'tradition' of classical European art music, I am aware that for more than a decade there has been a convergence between classical music and popular music to the point where it is hard to identify where one crosses the line into one area or the other. Consequently, I expect my listener to be familiar with a number of works such as the Beatles' use of the string quartet, John Zorn's 'Forbidden Fruit', Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's use of collage technique, etc. - JAMES FULKERSON