ZHUOSHENG JIN 金卓晟
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"...and I placed my arm around your shoulder", string quartet no. 1 (2016-17)  ​

Instrumentation -
violin I, violin II, viola, cello 

Duration - ca. 15'30''

Performance history - 
January 26, 2017, Boston, US, JACK Quartet
June 9, 2017, Buffalo, US, Mivos Quartet

Program Notes - 
The sonic structure of the piece is made through various and consistent types of Alternation. For me, it acts as a kind of direction. By alternating different musical shapes, music slightly refines and then starts to drive itself. The term “direction” here doesn’t mean an end, but acts as a Sisyphean metaphor which later shapes come from the formers and then become the formers, and so on…

The title of the piece derives from the last two lines of the poem The Red Sail by Chinese poet Bei Dao(北岛). In his poem, the poet stands on seaside. Wild water symbolises the unknown future of his country and himself, as he, among his contemporaries, belongs to the first generation of poets after the Cultural Revolution. He faces the sunset and watches the water. The sunshine warms his heart and reddens the sail. He starts off to the sea.


Recording made by Mivos Quartet.

 To request a score, please contact the composer. You may be charged an amount of 25 CAD or 17 EUR.​
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  • home page 主页
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    • Chamber >
      • ...and I placed my arm around your shoulder, string quartet no. 1 (2016-17)
      • Immobilised Motions, string quartet no. 2 (2017-18)
      • April Story (2016)
      • (in)somnia (2015)
      • The Last Question Will Last Forever (2018)
    • Orchestra and Large Ensemble >
      • First Beam Last Light (2018)
    • Teenager Composition (2006-11)
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    • Epicurus Project 伊壁鸠鲁计划
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      • 嘴炮和呻吟——文十九篇
      • 圣法米随笔集·利马集
      • 磐石集·集外集
      • 说梦集·慈云集
      • 二十二篇
      • 杂碎集
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