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Five Pieces

John Woolrich

Commission made possible by Andrew Thomson

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Piece length: 5 short pieces
Scored for: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Publisher: Fabers

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This piano quartet is made up of five character pieces: the first a toccata, often simply a unison line hammered out, and the last a monolithic chorale. In between is a sequence of three miniature slow movements: a duet for violin and piano, a spectral night-piece, and a dark adagio.

John Woolrich

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