| Composer: | Julia Schwartz |
| Duration: | 00:11:30 |
| Instrumentation: | String Quartet |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Work Type: | Chamber Music with Cello |
In the mid 2000s I prepared a choral piece using a fragment from Dante’s Divine Comedy. It turned out to be too difficult for the group I had written it for. During the first Covid year I had a fresh look at it and adapted it for string quartet. The syllable stresses that were in the original choral incarnation remain, as well as episodes that are reminiscent of
recitative. There are lyrical passages, canonical passages, unisono passages, interruptions, eruptions and a strong dynamic drive to the end.
composerbiography: JuliaSchwartz
Julia Schwartz was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1963 and grew up in a musical family. After graduating from the Oberlin College Conservatory with a bachelor's degree in voice in 1985 she continued her studies in voice and music theory in Munich and Zurich.
She composes pieces of music theater, choral and orchestral works, vocal and instrumental chamber music, artsongs and works for solo instruments. Her works have been performed in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the USA. Several of her works have been published in the following German music publishing houses: Carus, Furore and Certosa.
Julia is also active as a conductor, and currently directs two choruses in Constance, Germany. She continues her education in orchestra conducting in Zurich.
A classically trained soprano, she performs contemporary music and gives chanson evenings. She teaches voice privately and lives in Frauenfeld, Switzerland.