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String Quartet No. 8, O. 95 ("Vita Oscura")

Davide Verotta · 1958– · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Vita Oscura
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
SlowDarkDramaticLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 24 min
Composed
2021
Era
Contemporary

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Written for the Circadian String Quartet; an emotional response to the upheavals of the pandemic years

About this work

Composed
2021
First performed
2021/5/5
  1. Moderato, Deciso.
  2. Larghetto (Covid-19)
  3. Funeral March
  4. Determinato
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