playing outside

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string quartet (18')

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playing outside is a seven-movement string quartet composed in 2022. The title is a jazz expression that means to play temporarily outside the prevailing scale, chord, or key, and reflects the jazz-influenced musical language. The title of each movement refers to an activity or action that often takes place outside, but also has a double meaning; both elements have been used to create the musical material.

 

Check out the score programme note to find out more; click on the Spotify player to preview a recording by the Celia Quartet.