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Baroque Sonatas (2014)
String quartet
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Three studies based on musical material from the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
1. Allegro The first movement explores a sequence of chords changing through an isorhythmic pattern and is based on two fragments from Sonata in B minor, K. 27
2. Andante A study of binary form, in expanding and contracting sections, based on the melodic phrases and harmonic sequence from the first 4 bars of Sonata in E minor, K. 81
3. Vivace A rhythmic study in 13/8 based on material from Sonata in F minor, K. 555
First performed by Mavron String Quartet at The Gate, Cardiff on 2 July 2015 with Christiana Mavron and Katy Rowe (violins), Niamh Ferris (viola), Beatrice Newman (cello)
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Performances
| 02.07.15 | CARDIFF | The Gate |
| 15.07.15 | LOUGHBOROUGH | Town Hall |
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