Jay Schwartz
Quaerendo invenietis – Music for Orchestra V
(2016)
for string orchestra
Short instrumentation: vln.I(14), vln.II(12), vla(12), vc(10), db(5-stringed)(8)
Duration: 16'
Instrumentation details:
violin I(14)
violin II(12)
viola(12)
violoncello(10)
double bass(8)
Schwartz - Quaerendo invenietis – Music for Orchestra V for string orchestra
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Jay Schwartz
Schwartz: Quaerendo invenietis – Music for Orchestra V
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Orchestration: for string orchestra
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Quaerendo invenietis – Music for Orchestra V, for string orchestra, transforms the royal musical motive from Bach’s Musical Offering and quotes Bach’s inscription for the canons: quaerendo invenietis “…seek and ye shall find…”.
Slowed down by a hundred times, Schwartz lets the motive unfold, gliding all the while, until massive clusters materialize.