STRING QUARTET NO. 5 (THROUGH THE NIGHT)

Composer: 
Lawrence Dillon
Instrumentation freestyle: 
str quartet
Year Authored: 
2009
Duration (min): 
31
Movements-Titles: 
I. Variations
Movements-Titles: 
II. Dream-Prelude and Chaconne
Movements-Titles: 
III. Dream-Prelude and Passacaglia
Movements-Titles: 
IV. Fantasy Variations
Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

Ensemble Type

Combining elements of chaconne, passacaglia and theme-and-variations, the piece takes the Welsh tune “All Through the Night” through a dizzying and dazzling journey from twilight to twilight.

Comments: 

commissioned by the Emerson String Quartet

List Price: 
$52.50 score with parts