Metamorphosis
Gernot Wolfgang
About this work:
Published by Doblinger Music Publishers of Vienna, Austria (catalog # 07 244).
Commissioned by Chamber Music Palisades.
Premiered on October 23, 2001 at St. Matthew's Parish in Pacific Palisades, CA by Ida Levin - violin, Evan Wilson - viola, Wilhelmina Smith - violoncello and Delores Stevens - piano.
Recorded by Margaret Batjer - violin, Brian Dembow - viola, Stephen Erdody - violoncello and Robert Edward Thies - piano on Gernot's CD "Common Ground", Albany Records TROY854.
REVIEWS:
John Henken, The Los Angeles Times
" ... a striking piano quartet by Gernot Wolfgang ... His compelling solutions in
Metamorphosis sounded neither forced nor artificial."
Nis Kildegaard, Vineyard Gazette
" ... a strikingly muscular and momentum-filled piece of music."
Year composed: 2001
Duration: 00:11:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Piano Quartet or Quintet
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello