El Chan : for piano quartet /
Dessner, Bryce,composer.
González Iñárritu, Alejandro,dedicatee.
Hagerman, María Eladia,dedicatee.
Britten Sinfonia,commissioning body.
Wigmore Hall (London, England),commissioning body.
Durations: approximately 16 min.
Includes program notes by composer in English.
Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall. Dedicated to Alejandro González Iñárritu and María Eladia Hagerman. Premiered in Norwich, April 2016 by Thomas Gould, Clare Finnimore, Caroline Dearnley, and Huw Watkins. A challenging work for piano with violin, viola and cello.
1. El Charco del Ingenio -- 2. Points of light -- 3. Four winds -- 4. Ballade d'Allende -- 5. Coyote -- 6. Pool of el Chan -- 7. Mountain.
Piano quartets