Turlough Suite

Single suite from Volume 1

ScoringString Quartet
DifficultyGrade 1–3
Written forfor Starting String Quartets
Published2011
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The Turlough Suite describes a cloudy, rainy day in the West of Ireland. In the first movement, threatening clouds gather — since the piece is written for young ensembles with only basic technical skills, this is often their first encounter with dissonance — before a gentle rain follows.
The second movement, "After the Rain," describes the woodland floor once the rain has passed. We often talk about that particular fresh smell and how to translate it into sound. For the syncopated rhythms, we make up practice lyrics to clap and sing — the first violins, for instance, use: "Drip drop, the rain has gone, now all the clouds are moving on."
The third movement follows a curious little hedgehog coming along, and the last movement describes an evening at the turlough, which is a unique type of disappearing lake found mostly in the limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The opening of this final movement can be interpreted as fog.

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