Gorillas
John Craton
About this work: Composed for Erin Cage, Gorillas is a duet for two violins and represents a musical caricature of the animal. The work employs extensive use of half position as well as a number of other techniques expected of the advancing student. The Scorch score has been tweaked for better playback, but a clean PDF score also is available. an mp3 of the Sibelius playback can be found
here.
Year composed: 2007
Duration: 00:03:30
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: ,2 Violin soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: For violin duo