Op.36 - String Quartet No.5

Category		Chamber Music > String Quartets
Composed		1984-1985
Duration (approx)		19 minutes
Publisher		Faber Music
Commission		North West Arts.
First performance		23 October 1984
Venue		Sheffield University
Orchestra / Ensemble		Brodsky String Quartet
Review		Hugo Cole, The Guardian, 28 February 1987
		…lyrical and expansive, luminously scored with instruments rarely in conflict at the same pitched level. There is little close imitative writing, instruments are allowed many opportunities to lead the ensemble in long and expressive themes.