Page 19 - Final_Media Coverage Book, nonclassical Songbooks Vol. 1
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Songbooks Volume 1
Ligeti Quartet
Mandhira de Saram, violin
Patrick Dawkins, violin
Richard Jones, viola
Val Welbanks, cello
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the U.K.-based Ligeti Quartet has created
an album of works by British composer Christian Mason, whose
compositions explore how the acoustic properties of the string quartet
emulate the human voice through the use of extended techniques and
unique sound-worlds. The album features two projects, one inspired by the
Tuvan vocal tradition of Khöömii and one by the practice of the Tenores in
Sardinia. BELOW: The Ligeti Quartet performs a track from the album,
"Dyngylday":
