Winter's Edge. for string quartet. string quartet. Jeu de parties.

Turnage's fourth string quartet, Winter's Edge was premiered by the Piatti Quartet at the Klarafestival, Brussels. Co-commissioned by the Quartet, the Wigmore Hall and Flagey ASBL, they gave the UK premiere at the Wigmore Hall, London. This 20-minute work is made up of four numbered movements and which proceed without a break. Suitable for advanced standard performers. Instrumentation : string quartet

Winter's Edge, Turnage's fourth string quartet, had its world premiere by the Piatti Quartet at the Clarafestival in Brussels and in the UK in London's Wigmore Hall. The work consists of a series of movements that follow one another without a break. Besetzung : string quartet