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Sarah Rimkus - Two Pieces for String Quartet I. "Na hóro eile"

For more information: www.sarahrimkus.com Live recording by the Ligeti Quartet, Cheltenham Music Festival, 16 July 2017. ----- Programme note: I wrote this piece while in the midst of working a great deal with the Gaelic language in other musical works. This left me inspired by Gaelic traditional music’s frequent use of the sounds of the syllables, even independently of their meaning, to contribute to the overall sound of the music. This piece combines a mournful chord progression based around falling and rising thirds with melodic lines that attempt to use string effects and song-like lines to imitate these effects, hopefully taking advantage of the strikingly vocal qualities of string instruments. “Na hóro eile” ("na HOR-oh EH-luh") is a bit of a nonsense phrase, a common convention in Gaelic music – sometimes words are inserted that don’t mean anything solely for musical purposes. However it roughly translates to “no one else”.