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for bowed string instruments, concert performance structure

from because a circle is not enough - 2023 by Le Quatuor d’occasion

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West Coast String Summit 2023: Quatuor d’Occasion
March 11, 2023, ANNEX

Concert performance structure
0:00 - songs and interludes (2018) - JR
2:20 - for the left hand alone (2018) - EGC
4:13 - because a circle is not enough (2019) - MG
11:34 - statements and responses (2019) - NC JR
16:31 - extraordinarily variable this source (2018) - MG
24:48 - reflections on a cavatina (2018) - NC
27:51 - on and on and always slowly nowhere (2019) - EGC
30:44 - because a circle is not enough (2019) - JR
36:58 - décollage collage (2018) - NC
39:50 - storytelling (2019) - JR
42:11 - haiku sounding (2019) - EGC
42:36 - because a circle is not enough (2019) - NC

songs and interludes : a shifting of balance between tone and timbre phrases and events as rest points.

for the left hand alone : free-flowing and patterned rhythms performed with left hand pizzicato.

because a circle is not enough : an étude to focus the body/breath/gesture in relation to performed sound. Performed as a duo and by the entire ensemble.

statement and responses : a structure that begins with several “statements” of brief timbre phrases analogous to spoken language, which then opens to “responses” of short phrases of repeated rhythmic patterns. This piece can also be realized as a dialogue between two musicians.

extraordinarily variable, this source : a flow of various fast staccato and spiccato articulations with modification of timbre and articulation, creating endless nuances within an on-going sound texture.

reflections on a cavatina / adagio : phrases of timbrally varied, single sustained tones quietly expanded from a tonal centre.

on and on and always slowly nowhere : Endless nuances within a single sound and gesture are revealed within a focused structure of long sustained bowings.

décollage / collage : a melodic line that is endlessly transformed by omitting and replacing elements.

storytelling : music that comes from the musicians’ experience(s) in life, recalled and realized in sound as episodes of sonic enactment.

haiku sounding : songs with a structure analogous to the Japanese haiku form, transformed through the process of linkage to create a series of songs. To be realized by the full quartet and as a duet.

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from because a circle is not enough - 2023, released November 30, 2023
Malcolm Goldstein – violin
Jean René – viola
Émilie Girard-Charest – cello
Nicolas Caloia – contrabass

All compositions by Malcolm Goldstein (BMI)

Part of West Coast String Summit, which took place March 11, 2023 at The Roundhouse, ANNEX, presented by Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Improvised Arts Society, NOW Society in partnership with the Roundhouse

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