Luke Bedford: Orbita
Luke Bedford
Orbita
Luke Bedford: Orbita
- Scored for:
- for string quartet
- Composer:
- Luke Bedford
- Instrumentation details:
-
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
- Commission:
- Commissioned by Mary & Paul Pascoe for a world premiere performance by the Salomon Quartet, at the English Haydn Festival, 8th June 2017
- Duration:
- 15’
- Dedication:
- For Mary and Paul Pascoe and the Solomon Quartet
Luke Bedford: Orbita
Luke Bedford
Orbita
Scored for: for string quartet
Duration: 15’
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.
Special prints
World première
- Location:
- Bridgnorth (GB)
- Date:
- 08.06.2017
- Orchestra:
- Salomon Quartet