George Walker is a very fine composer who was little talked about until he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his composition Lilacs . He is an excellent pianist among his other accomplishments, I'd known him from several of his powerful, interesting and very difficult piano sonatas before that. The Lyric for Strings is a movement from his First String Quartet. Like Barber's famous Adagio it was also adapted for string orchestra. Unlike Barber's piece, Walker's is vastly underplayed.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
George Walker is a very fine composer who was little talked about until he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his composition Lilacs . He is an excellent pianist among his other accomplishments, I'd known him from several of his powerful, interesting and very difficult piano sonatas before that. The Lyric for Strings is a movement from his First String Quartet. Like Barber's famous Adagio it was also adapted for string orchestra. Unlike Barber's piece, Walker's is vastly underplayed.
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