Sextet for Six Stringed Instruments
by Gavin Gamboa
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I
03:57
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II
01:50
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III
01:15
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IV
02:22
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V
01:12
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VI
01:06
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VII
00:58
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VIII
00:36
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IX
01:36
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X
00:41
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XI
01:01
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XII
00:43
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XIII
01:48
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XIV
01:19
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XV
01:35
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XVI
01:55
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XVII
02:04
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XVIII
02:17
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XIX
01:01
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XX
00:59
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XXI
01:14
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XXII
00:51
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XXIII
01:17
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XXIV
02:28
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XXV
01:18
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XXVI
00:50
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XXVII
00:48
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XXVIII
02:22
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about
Sextet for Six Stringed Instruments was written after Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 of 1899. Borrowing only loosely associative structural elements while adhering to a similar trajectory inherent in Schoenberg's formal design and idiomatic part-writing, Sextet for Six Stringed Instruments is an original, one-movement work differentiated by its lack of literary source material, an emphasis on texture, and its tonal language as exemplified by the use of discursive harmonic pathways. (Roman numerals are used to designate sections, rather than distinct movements).
The aim was to replicate a mood, to capture the totalizing and evocative atmosphere which Schoenberg's piece instantiated, and to re-envision the gestures of an era now fading into distant historical memory. Sextet exists as an echo, as an anachronism; it does not follow late-20th or early-21st century definitions of 'avant-garde'. A quote from Theodor Adorno puts it forth critically:
"The new musical material, emptied of its sense, is transformed into deadening stimuli by its endless repetition. Scarcely felt is the obligation of achieving that uniqueness of the work, that unrepeatableness enjoined on musical composition by the emancipation of music from all pre-established form."
The aim was to replicate a mood, to capture the totalizing and evocative atmosphere which Schoenberg's piece instantiated, and to re-envision the gestures of an era now fading into distant historical memory. Sextet exists as an echo, as an anachronism; it does not follow late-20th or early-21st century definitions of 'avant-garde'. A quote from Theodor Adorno puts it forth critically:
"The new musical material, emptied of its sense, is transformed into deadening stimuli by its endless repetition. Scarcely felt is the obligation of achieving that uniqueness of the work, that unrepeatableness enjoined on musical composition by the emancipation of music from all pre-established form."
credits
released November 1, 2011
Sextet for Six Stringed Instruments, Opus 1 (2008-2010)
dedicated to Ali Helnwein
photography by Ben Olsen
Performed by
Alyssa Park … violin i
Joel Pargman … violin ii
Rob Brophy … viola i
Jerome Gordon … viola ii
Tim Loo … cello i
Paula Hochhalter … cello ii
Recorded at
901 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California, United States
19 July 2011
© Tonestrukt Editions
Sextet for Six Stringed Instruments, Opus 1 (2008-2010)
dedicated to Ali Helnwein
photography by Ben Olsen
Performed by
Alyssa Park … violin i
Joel Pargman … violin ii
Rob Brophy … viola i
Jerome Gordon … viola ii
Tim Loo … cello i
Paula Hochhalter … cello ii
Recorded at
901 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California, United States
19 July 2011
© Tonestrukt Editions
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