Red Herring

Instrumentation

string quartet

Duration

15 minutes

Performance Information

Written for Carpe Diem String Quartet, on their tenth anniversary

Program Notes

Red Herring was written for the Carpe Diem String Quartet, whose concerts I had enjoyed attending in Columbus, Ohio, on the occasion of their tenth anniversary. It consists of ten variations on Happy Birthday, some serious and some rather silly, and each in the style of a composer that CDSQ has championed over the years.

First movement (Homage):

• Beethoven
• Taneyev
• Bartok
• Reza Vali
• Jonathan Leshnoff

Second movement (Pastiche):

• Tan Dun (Ghost Opera)
• Erberk Eryilmaz
• Dave Brubeck (Take Five)
• Bradley Sowash
• Korine Fujiwara