Chester Music

Judith Weir's Night is a work for Violin and Cello. Commissioned by Enterprise Music Scotland, 'Night' was written for High Heels and Horse Hair - comprised of Alice Rickards (Violin) and Sonia Cromar...

Aure is a work for Violin and Cello by Kaija Saariaho. Originally composed for Violin and Viola, this version was created in 2015, and was originally an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday, insp...

Peter Gregson's The Day Before was composed in 2017 and arranged for String Quartet.

Immerse yourself in the captivating sound world of renowned contemporary composer and cellist Peter Gregson. With "Sequence 3" (Sequence Three) for string quartet, Chester Music presents an atmospheri...

Commissioned by the Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts and first performed in 2019. According to the composer Enigma was inspired by 'the notion of the 'in-between', juxta...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 201...

A short work for Violin and Viola commissioned as a birthday present for Lady Susan Hussey and first performed at a Musical Evening in Kennington, London on Sunday 15th September 2019 by Eloisa-Fleur...

Bryce Dessner's Impermanence is commissioned by the Australian String Quartet and Sydney Dance Company. This commission has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for...

This contemplative work for string quartet was written by composing three expansive harmonic fields made up of tempo canons with five, six, and seven independent layers. The music is presented as a pe...

Il Quartetto per archi n. 2 di Helen Grime è stato commissionato dalla Wigmore Hall, con il generoso sostegno di Nicholas e Judith Goodison e del Radcliffe Trust, e dal Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival...

Il Quartetto per archi n. 2 di Helen Grime è stato commissionato dalla Wigmore Hall, con il generoso sostegno di Nicholas e Judith Goodison e del Radcliffe Trust, e dal Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival...

A short string trio commissioned by City of London Sinfonia in 2021.

Rituals, quartetto d'archi di Anna Thorvaldsdottir, è stato presentato in prima mondiale a Copenhagen nel 2023 dal Danish String Quartet. È stato commissionato dal Danish String Quartet con il sostegn...

West Coast Sky Forever per quartetto d'archi di Ellen Reid è stato commissionato dal progetto Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK per Kronos Quartet. La registrazione del quartetto è contenuta nell'ultimo album di E...

Poco dopo aver completato il mio Secondo Quartetto, mi sono reso conto che tutte le sue caratteristiche formali mi ricordavano momenti dei quartetti di Beethoven. Un'apertura tagliente e colloquiale s...

Bryce Dessner’s Impermanence is an hour-long piece for dance scored for string quartet, commissioned by the Australian String Quartet and Sydney Dance Company. It features the song Another World by An...

Erbsenrondo o "Rondo dei piselli" è un quartetto d'archi di 5 minuti scritto per il 25° anniversario dell'Istituto Gregor Mendel di Vienna, per celebrare le scoperte di Mendel e la ricerca contemporan...

Waves and Particles è un quartetto d'archi di 55 minuti commissionato dal Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center Summer Stages Dance at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Liz Gerring Dance...

Never and Always Becoming è un quartetto per archi di 28 minuti. In quest'opera, il suo nono quartetto d'archi, il compositore combina la costante ascesa con l'ideale di un canone in perpetua accelera...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating sonic world of Philip Glass: the "String Quartet No. 1" (1966) marks a pioneering milestone in modern chamber music. In this early masterpiece, Glass already reveal...

There are three mysteries about this piece by Purcell originally scored for Viols. When it was written, for what purpose it was written, and why the eccentric title 'Chacony' rather than the French 'c...