Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin

Mezmer (2010)
for String Quartet
Publisher: Bote & Bock
Category: Band/Orchestra/Ensemble
Series: Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music
Format: Softcover

Mezmer for string quartet is an adaptation of the last movement of Re-Collecting ASTORoids, an earlier suite for orchestra from Kats-Chernin. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the suite was written in tribute to Astor Piazzolla and is clearly inspired by tango, though Kats-Chernin uses various rhythms as her source of inspiration. Mezmer is a miniature and has an intimate, smoky feel with a bluesy violin solo laden with vibrato. An air of solitude and reflection surrounds the piece.

Inventory # : 48023885
UPC: 888680688073
ISBN: 3793140202
Width: 9.25"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.065"
Product Weight: 0.3 lbs.
Number of Pages: 24