Gazers
by Zhou Long
String Quartet - Sheet Music

String quartet - Moderately Difficult to Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193805088

Composed by Zhou Long. String Quartets. Score and parts. 24 pages. Duration 5'. Oxford University Press #9780193805088. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193805088).

ISBN 9780193805088. 12 x 8 inches.

This intense work is inspired by a photograph of Zhou Long's wife Chen Yi face to face with a hawk that had landed near their house. The music is filled with eerie slides and dynamic changes, with a fierce pizzicato section that leads to the work's climax.