Sestetto

1998
For flute, harp and string quartet

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Duration:
18'

Instrumentation:
For flute, harp and string quartet: fl, hp, 2vn, va, vc

Written in honor of:
Stichting Kamermuziek Almelo

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Essay about Sestetto

Frits van der Waa, translated by Eileen J. Stevens, from Et Cetera

With its distinctive combination of flute, harp, and strings, the sound palette of Sestetto, which Theo Verbey wrote in 1998, seems decidedly French. However, the composer was undoubtedly aware of that fact, and he made an effort in the course of the work’s four movements to counterbalance this aura…