{"product_id":"a-r-thomas-claras-ascent-version-for-string-quartet-nimbus","title":"A.R. Thomas: Clara's Ascent (Version for String Quartet)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/augusta-read-thomas\"\u003eAugusta Read Thomas (1964-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Score \u0026amp; Set of Parts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation (this edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003eString Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eOriginally for\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eString Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/ar-thomas-claras-ascent\"\u003eClara's Ascent\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790708167419\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.3\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.7\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClara's Ascent\u003c\/em\u003e for string quartet (or string orchestra) features the solo cello in a lyrical and intricately contrapuntal work. The cello serves as protagonist as well as a fulcrum point, on and around which the other player's musical force-fields bloom, rotate, and proliferate. Although highly notated, precise, carefully structured, soundly proportioned, and while musicians are elegantly working from a nuanced, specific text, I like my music to have the feeling that it is organically being self-propelled –on the spot - as if we listeners are overhearing (capturing) an un-notated improvisation. This short work celebrates the manner in which the musicians embody sound. Musical transformations and carefully crafted connections unfold with a natural impulse. An optimistic, flexible-sounding, sonorous ascending journey weaves itself forward as if it is spinning innately out of their instruments. in the most general of terms, the form of the work is a 6-minute crescendo during which the soloist moves from the very lowest notes up to the highest possible, reaching as if the soloist is trying to kiss the sky. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Clara Schumann, this work honours the legacy and contributions of a pioneering performer, caring collaborator and artistic confidant. Augusta Read Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nimbus Music Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382646075471,"sku":"NMP1092","price":39.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d1295ac08637c68bae9e996c85c58d83.jpg?v=1770333032","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/es\/products\/a-r-thomas-claras-ascent-version-for-string-quartet-nimbus","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}