John Adams
b.1947 USA |
Johnʼs Book of Alleged Dances (1994)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
String Quartet (2008)
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Thomas Ades
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Piano Quintet (2000)
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Eleanor Alberga
b.1950 UK |
String Quartet no.2 (1993)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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18 min |
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Michael Alcorn
b.1960 IRELAND |
The Old Woman of Beare (1994)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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15 min |
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Frangiz Ali-Zadeh
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Oasis (String Quartet no.4) (1998)
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12 min |
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Pedro Amaral
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Pagina Postica (2008)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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12 min |
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Louis Andriessen
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…miserere… (2006)
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Francesco Antonioni
b.1971 ITALY |
Morphing
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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12 min |
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Miguel Azguime
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Paraitre Parmi (2006)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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18 min |
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Django Bates
b.1960 UK |
Pond Life (1993)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
The last ten thousand million years as seen from above (1997)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Alone Again (2000)
WITH FEMALE VOICE
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Quiet Nights – An evening of music by Django Bates
Peculiar Terms of Physical Intimacy (2009)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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7 min |
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Sally Beamish
b.1956 UK |
Black, White, and Blue (1997)
WITH HARPSICORD
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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14 min |
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Carlo Boccadoro
b.1963 ITALY |
Click
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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10 min |
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Tim Brady
CANADA |
Dance Me to the End of Love (1996)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WITH ELECTRIC GUITAR
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Benjamin Britten
b.1913–1976 UK |
String Quartet No.3, opus 94 (1975)
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Gavin Bryars
b.1943 UK |
String Quartet No.1 (1985)
Between the National and the Bristol
After the Requiem
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WITH ELECTRIC GUITAR
String Quartet No.3 (1998)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Sinking of the Titanic (1985)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS / TAPE
ARRANGED FOR THE SMITH QUARTET BY G. BRYARS
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16 min
9 min |
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Martin Butler
b.1960 UK |
Songs and Dances from a Haunted Place
(1988)
American Dream
(1991)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Clarinet Quintet
(1995)
WITH CLARINET
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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12 min
17 min |
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Greg Caffrey
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Lapse – String Quartet No. 3 (2005)
WITH SOPRANO SAX
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John Cage
b.1912–1992 USA |
String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
FOUR (1989)
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20 min
30 min |
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Cornelius Cardew
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First Movement for String Quartet (1967)
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10 min |
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Elliot Carter
b.1908 USA |
Elegy (1946)
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4 min |
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Jean Catoire
b.1923 FRANCE |
String Quartet No.14, opus 244 (1972)
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Dorothy Chang
b.1970 CANADA |
Beautiful Things (2005)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Chick Corea
b.1941 USA |
Children's Songs – Arranged by Ian Stewart (1983)
WITH SOPRANO SAX
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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George Crumb
b.1929 USA |
Black Angels (1970)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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22 min |
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Joe Cutler
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Folk Music (Daithi’s Dumka) (2007)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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4 min |
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Michael Daugherty
b.1954 USA |
Elvis Everywhere
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Paul Robeson Told Me (1994)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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10 min
10 min |
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Donnacha Dennehy
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STAMP (to avoid erotic thoughts) (2008)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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6 min |
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Tan Dun
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Eight Colours (1988)
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15 min |
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Henri Dutilleux
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Ainsi La Nuit (1976)
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25 min |
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Mauritz Eggert
b.1965 GERMANY |
Little Hideaways
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35 min |
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Simon Emmerson
b.1950 UK |
Fields of Attraction (1997)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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15 min |
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Matthew Fairclough
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Waiting for waves at Newgale (2012)
WITH LIVE ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Phillip Feeney
b.1954 UK |
Dances from a Knot Garden (2002)
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Morton Feldman
b.1926–1987 USA |
Complete Works for Piano and Strings
Durations II for Cello and Piano (1960)
Extensions 1 for Violin and Piano (1951)
For John Cage for violin and piano (1982)
Four Instruments for piano, violin, viola and cello (1975)
Patterns in a Chromatic Field for cello and piano (1981)
Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987)
Piano and String Quintet (1985)
Piece for Violin and Piano (1950)
Projection IV for violin and piano (1951)
Spring of Chosroes for violin and piano (1977)
String Quartet No.2 (1985)
The Viola in my Life for viola and piano (1970)
Trio for piano, violin and cello (1980)
Vertical Thought 2 for violin and piano (1963)
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6 min
90 min
75 min
70 min
3 min
8 min
12 min
310 min
6 min
80 min
3 min |
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Elena Firsova
b.1950 RUSSIA |
Mysteriosa – in memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1982)
Amoroso (1989)
Compassione (1995)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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10 min |
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Graham Fitkin
b.1963 UK |
A Small Quartet
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Another Small Quartet (1996)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Servant (1992)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Scar
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Slow (1990)
WITH KEYBOARD
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Huoah (1991)
WITH KEYBOARD
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
www.fitkin.com
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5 min
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16 min
25 min
15 min |
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Michael Finnissy
b.1946 UK |
Six Sexy Minuets and Three Trios (2003)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Lukas Foss
b.1922 USA |
Focus on G/C (1996)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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5 min |
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Chris Fox
UK |
Clarinet Quintet (1993)
1-2-3 (2006)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET AND COMMISSIONED BY HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
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8 min |
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Fred Frith
b.1949 UK |
Lelekovice (String Quartet No.1) (1991)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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George Gershwin
USA |
Lullaby (1919)
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Philip Glass
b.1937 USA |
String Quartet No.1 Company
String Quartet No.2 (1996)
String Quartet No.3 Mishima
String Quartet No.4 Buczak (1989)
Quartet No.5 (1991)
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15 min
23 min |
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Michael Gordon
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Pottassium (2001)
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15 min |
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Henryk Gorecki
b.1935 POLAND |
Sonata for Two Violins (1956)
Genesis – string trio (1962)
Already it is Dusk (1988)
Quasi una Fantasia (1991)
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12 min
15 min
13 min
27 min |
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Orlando Gough
b.1953 UK |
Banya (1991)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Deirdre Gribbin
b.1967 NORTHERN IRELAND |
After the Light (1998)
REVISED 1997
Crossing the Sea for quartet and mezzo soprano (2008)
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Christos Hatzis
b.1953 CANADA |
Nunavut (1994)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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18 min |
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Walter Hus
b.1959 BELGIUM |
String Quartet No.3 Le Miroir (1995)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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25 min |
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Toshi Ichiyanagi
b.1933 |
Musica de Ferias (1932)
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Charles Ives
b.1874–1954 USA |
Scherzo Holding Your Own (1914)
Songs
ARRANGED FOR THE SMITH QUARTET BY STEVE MONTAGUE
Quartet No.2 (1913)
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26 min |
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Adrian Jack
UK |
String Quartet No.1 (1993)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
String Quartet No.2
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Tunde Jegeda
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Dancing in the Spirit (2009)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Karl Jenkins
b.1944 WALES |
Adiemus Variations (1994)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
String Quartet No.2 (1995)
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20 min |
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Scott Johnson
b.1952 USA |
How it Happens (1993)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Shorter extracts: Cold War Suite
Soliloquy
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70 min
20 min
13 min |
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Elena Katz-Chernin
b.1957 UZBEKISTAN |
Naïve Waltz (2004)
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Aaron J. Kernis
b.1960 USA |
100 Greatest Dance Hits (1993)
WITH GUITAR
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20 min |
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Hope Lee
b.1953 TAIWAN, CANADA |
Arrow of Being, Arrow of Becoming (1997)
WITH OPTIONAL LIVE ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Jon Lord
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Zarabanda Solitaria (2009)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Bent Lorentzen
b.1935 DENMARK |
Quartetto Barbaro (1990)
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Steven Mackey
b.1956 USA |
Great Crossing, Great Divide (1996)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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5 min |
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James MacMillan
b.1956 UK |
Memento (1994)
Tuireadh (1991)
WITH CLARINET
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5 min
16 min |
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Steve Martland
b.1959 UK |
Crossing the Border
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Patrol (1992)
Bach Tocatta and Fugue BWV 565 (1992)
ARRANGED FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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20 min
30 min |
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Anna Meredith
b.1978 SCOTLAND |
Songs for the M8 (2005)
UK PREMIERE
New Work (2006)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Music for Ravens (2005)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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3 min |
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Stephen Montague
b.1943 UK |
In Memoriam (1992)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Silence: John, Yvar and Tim (1994)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WITH PREPARED PIANO
Quartet No.2
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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25 min
15 min |
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Conlon Nancarrow
b.1912 USA |
String Quartet No.1 (1945)
|
12 min |
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Emmanuel Nunes
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Chessed Ⅲ (1990–1991)
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15 min |
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Michael Nyman
b.1946 UK |
String Quartet No.1 (1985)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
String Quartet No.2 (1988)
String Quartet No.3 (1989)
String Quartet No.4 (1994)
String Quartet No.5 (2011)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Miserere (1991)
WITH SOPRANO
The Piano Sings (1994)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Concerto a 5 (1997)
WITH HARPSICORD
ARRANGED BY CHARLES MUTTER
In Re Don Giovani (1991)
Tango (from Never Forever) (2006)
ARRANGED FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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25 min
25 min
16 min
40 min
7 min
15 min
16 min
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Pedro Oliviera
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Labirinto (2001)
ELECTRONICS WITH TAPE
|
18 min |
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Micheal O. Suvilleabhain
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Christmas Eve
|
4 min |
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Arvo Part
b.1935 ESTONIA |
Summa (1983)
Fratres (1985)
Psalom (1997)
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5 min
12 min
5 min |
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Ian Percy
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Rotations and Resonances (2012)
WITH LIVE ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Astor Piazzolla
b.1921–1992 ARGENTINA |
Four, for Tango
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Russell Pinkston
USA |
Don't Look Now (1991)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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12 min |
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Andrew Poppy
b.1947 USA |
HATCH (2007)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Definitely Disco (2009)
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6 min |
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Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky
b.1947 USA |
Invocation 1 (1995)
FOR STRING QUARTET AND AMPLIFIED CELESTE
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Steve Reich
b.1936 USA |
Different Trains (1988)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Triple Quartet (2001)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Duet (1993)
WITH ELECTRONICS
SMITH QUARTET VERSION
Eight Lines (1983)
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24 min
14 min
14 min
14 min
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Max Richter
b.1963 GERMANY |
A House made of Cloud (1997)
WITH ELECTRONICS
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Colin Riley
b.1963 UK |
Amongst Other Things
WITH VOICE
Break Break Break on the Sheltering Bars
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Terry Riley
b.1935 USA |
Half-Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight (Salome Dances for Peace) (1987)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Good Medicine
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14 min |
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Silvestre Revueltas
b.1899–1940 MEXICO |
Musica de Ferias (1932)
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Poul Ruders
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SERENADE on the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (2004)
|
34 min |
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Daryl Runswick
b.1946 UK |
Accidental Counterpoint (2002)
MEZZO-SOPRANO
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20 min |
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Sinan Savaskan
b.1954 UK |
Panic in Needle Park (1988)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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Alfred Schnittke
b.1934 RUSSIA |
Quartet No. 3 (1983)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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23 min |
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Paul Schoenfield
b.1947 USA |
Aubade (1996)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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5 min |
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Elliot Sharp
b.1951 USA |
Shape Shifters (1991)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
Digital (1986)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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3 min |
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Andy Sheppard
UK |
String Thing (1994)
WITH SAXOPHONE AND KEYBOARD
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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Dmitri Shostakovich
b.1906–1975 RUSSIA |
String Quartet No.3 (1946)
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33 min |
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Wayne Siegel
b.1953 USA |
Northern Shore String quartet no.3 (2014)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
With support from the Danish Arts Foundation
Tracking (1990)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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16 min |
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Roberto Sierra
b.1953 PUERTO RICO |
Triptico (1989)
FOR STRING QUARTET AND GUITAR
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Howard Skempton
b.1947 UK |
Catch (2001)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Clarinet Quintet (1997)
Three Dances for String Quartet and Accordian (1999)
Tendrils (2004)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Best Composer, for Tendrils – British Composer Awards, 2005 (Chamber Category)
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12 min
10 min
10 min
10 min |
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Mauricio Sotelo
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Artemis (2004)
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25 min |
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Tim Souster
b.1943–1994 UK |
Hambledon Hill (1985)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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13 min |
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Pavel Szymanski
b.1954 POLAND |
Five Pieces (1992)
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20 min |
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John Tavener
b.1944 UK |
The Hidden Treasure (1989)
Ikon of joy/Sorrow (1999)
The Last Sleep of the Virgin (1991)
WITH HANDBELLS
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31 min
3 min
25 min |
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Michael Tippet
b.1905–1998 UK |
String Quartet No.2 (1942)
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Andrew Toovey
b.1962 UK |
String Quartet Music (1987)
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15 min |
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Michael Torke
b.1960 USA |
July 19th (1996)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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4 min |
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George Van Dam
b.1964 BELGIUM |
Black is the Colour (1996)
WITH DOUBLE BASS
TRANSC. CHARLES MUTTER
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8 min |
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Antonio Pinho Vargas
b.1951 PORTUGAL |
MONODIA – Quasi un Requiem (1993)
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Peteris Vasks
|
String Quartet No.2 (1984)
|
22 min |
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Ezequiel Vinao
b.1960 USA |
La Noche de las Noches (1987)
INVOLVES ELECTRONICS
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Carl Vine
b.1954 AUSTRALIA |
String Quartet No.2 (1984)
String Quartet No.2 (1994)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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15 min
15 min |
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Kevin Volans
b.1949 SOUTH AFRICA |
White Man Sleeps (1985)
Hunting, Gathering (1987)
The Songlines (1993)
Ramaujans Notebook (1994)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
Shiva Dances (2004)
WRITTEN FOR THE SMITH QUARTET
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25 min
20 min
26 min
26 min |
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Paul Wilson
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4 Memories (2006)
WITH LIVE ELECTRONICS
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12 min |
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Anton Webern
b.1883–1945 AUSTRIA |
Five Pieces op. 5 (1909)
|
12 min |
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Julia Wolfe
b.1958 USA |
Early That Summer (1993)
|
12 min |
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John Zorn
b.1953 USA |
Cat o' Nine Tails (1988)
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13 min |
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photo: Anne Johnstone