Corea, Chick: Adventures of Hippocrates (2004) 18'
for string quartet
Composer's Notes
This is my first, and so far only, string quartet. It was written as a commission from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Society in 2004 and written specifically for the Orion String Quartet. The premiere was in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 2004.
Some advice on performance:
The rhythmic styles are from jazz and Latin music rather than from standard classical quartet repertoire. I suggest that the performers establish a basic pulse and groove with their bodies and/or tapping of feet on top of which the rhythmic phrases can sit.
Movement 1 is a kind of tango.
Movement 2 is a waltz.
Movement 3 is a brooding ballade.
Movement 4 is a 2/4 or 4/4 rock beat.
Movement 5 has a swift moving tempo.
Movements 4 and 5 especially need a foot tapping / body pulse feeling. When the basic steady "groove" beat is strongly evident that is when the rhythmic phrases sitting on top will make the most sense. It can be thought of as "poly-rhythmic" - meaning the basic pulse is in rhythmic counterpoint to the upper rhythms.
Repertoire Note
Commissioned by Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Summerfest La Jolla
for string quartet
Composer's Notes
This is my first, and so far only, string quartet. It was written as a commission from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Society in 2004 and written specifically for the Orion String Quartet. The premiere was in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 2004.
Some advice on performance:
The rhythmic styles are from jazz and Latin music rather than from standard classical quartet repertoire. I suggest that the performers establish a basic pulse and groove with their bodies and/or tapping of feet on top of which the rhythmic phrases can sit.
Movement 1 is a kind of tango.
Movement 2 is a waltz.
Movement 3 is a brooding ballade.
Movement 4 is a 2/4 or 4/4 rock beat.
Movement 5 has a swift moving tempo.
Movements 4 and 5 especially need a foot tapping / body pulse feeling. When the basic steady "groove" beat is strongly evident that is when the rhythmic phrases sitting on top will make the most sense. It can be thought of as "poly-rhythmic" - meaning the basic pulse is in rhythmic counterpoint to the upper rhythms.
Repertoire Note
Commissioned by Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Summerfest La Jolla
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