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Simpson: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8

7/28/2023, 7 Tracks, 51:00

Featuring

  • Galina Solodchin
  • Jeremy Williams
  • John Underwood
  • Stephen Orton
  • Delmé Quartet
  • Robert Simpson

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Composer Biography

Robert Simpson (1921-1997), the composer, wrote fifteen string quartets, spanning his entire composing life.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The second movement of String Quartet No. 8, subtitled 'Eretmapodites gilletti', is a diminutive scherzo that gives an impression of a mosquito's 'formidable delicacy'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Robert Simpson's String Quartet No. 8 is dedicated to entomologist David Gillett, an authority on the mosquito, and his wife Irena.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Robert Simpson had a particular devotion to the string quartet medium, stating he would choose it if condemned to write only one kind of music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Robert Simpson's quartets, including the 7th and 8th, illustrate his interest in organic development, organizing large musical structures, musical motion, and energy.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Robert Simpson's String Quartet No. 7 is dedicated to Lady Jeans (Susi Jeans, the organist) and commemorates her husband, the astronomer and mathematician Sir James Jeans.

Source: Booklet

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