MacMillan, James: Memento (1994) 4'
for string quartet
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
10/13/1994
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, New York
Kronos Quartet
Composer's Notes
A brief movement for string quartet, Memento was written in memory of a friend, David Huntley, the representative of Boosey & Hawkes in the USA, who died in 1994. It was premiered at his memorial concert in New York by the Kronos Quartet. The music is slow, delicate and tentative and is based on the modality of Gaelic lament music and the Gaelic heterophony of psalm-singing in the Hebrides.
James MacMillan
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for string quartet
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
10/13/1994
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, New York
Kronos Quartet
Composer's Notes
A brief movement for string quartet, Memento was written in memory of a friend, David Huntley, the representative of Boosey & Hawkes in the USA, who died in 1994. It was premiered at his memorial concert in New York by the Kronos Quartet. The music is slow, delicate and tentative and is based on the modality of Gaelic lament music and the Gaelic heterophony of psalm-singing in the Hebrides.
James MacMillan
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer
Recommended Recording
Click here to purchase this CD from our online shop
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