STRING QUARTET NO. II 'DIANA', Op. 36
1997-1998, duration 27 min.
  • I A Picture
  • II The Hunt   Attacca:
  • III Dirge

    Commissioned by the Stichting Actuele Muziek Brabant

    Dedicated to the memory of Lady Diana and to the Weidler Quartet

    First performance: 15 November 1999, De Rode Pomp, Gent, Belgium

    The Moscow Chamber Soloists



    The first movement is a musical description of Lady Diana's complex relationship to the world in general and to the British royal family in particular. The second is about the fatal car chase. The composition closes with a mournful adagio.

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