Luke Bedford
Orbita
for string quartet
Duration: 15'
Dedication: For Mary and Paul Pascoe and the Solomon Quartet
Instrumentation details:
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
Bedford - Orbita for string quartet
Work introduction
Everything in the piece Orbita is derived from three bars of Haydn’s Emperor Quartet. The harmony and rhythm are at times so distorted so that it might seem unrecognisable. But the piece is on an eccentric orbit around the Haydn, sometimes very close to it, at other times seemingly very distant. The gravity of Haydn’s music is such that my piece can never fully escape it.