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Tell Me...(1998, rev. 2007)
string quartet; ca. 13:00

Premiere of revised version
September 20, 2008

Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello

Music in the Loft
Chicago, IL

Complete recording (MP3)

Parker Quartet
Sept. 21, 2008
Music in the Loft

Tell Me... (originally titled String Quartet No. 1) is structured like the work of a confused storyteller, mixing strands of multiple stories. The piece opens with the juxtaposition of intense, frenzied music and the slow, pulsating chords of a dirge. Motives from both these themes are used in a wild dance, which interrupts the opening section, followed by a mournful song. The dance motives return in an accelerating section, leading to the passionate climax of the pulsating dirge theme to the end the piece.


Performance history

2008

November 1
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Olin Arts Center; Bates College; Lewiston, ME

September 27
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
The Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud Residency; St. Cloud, MN

September 21
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Music in the Loft; Chicago, IL

September 20 (premiere of revised version)
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Music in the Loft; Chicago, IL

2000

May 18
California Quartet
Bridget Dolkas, violin
Alice Wrate, violin
Krsita Haslim
Martha Lippi
Jan Popper Theatre; UCLA; Los Angeles

1998

March 21 (premiere, under the title String Quartet No. 1)
UCLA Quartet
Jan Popper Theatre; UCLA; Los Angeles

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