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Compositions by Kevin Volans

13 compositions

Composition M

Catalog

Comp'd

Duration

Publisher

Notes

Quartet No. 1

White Man Sleeps

1986

Dedicated to / written for: Kronos Quartet

Movement

Notes d’un peintre

1987

Became the 2nd movement of Quartet No. 7

Commissioned by:

Jill Addleson; Durban Arts

Quartet No. 2

Hunting: Gathering

1987

Commissioned by: Kronos Quartet; Doris and Myron Beigler; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Dedicated to / written for: Kronos Quartet

Quartet No. 3

The Songlines

1988

Revised in 1993

Commissioned by:

Kronos Quartet; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Viking Press

Dedicated to / written for:

Bruce Chatwin; Kronos Quartet

Quartet No. 4

The Ramanujan Notebooks

1990

Revised in 1994

Dedicated to / written for:

Elizabeth Chatwin

Quartet No. 5

Dancers on a Plane

1994

Includes: Audio playback

Quartet No. 6

2000

Includes: Additional string quartet, which may be prerecorded
Commissioned by: Arts Council of Ireland; City Music Society, London (England)
Dedicated to / written for: Duke Quartet

Quartet No. 7

2002

Commissioned by:

Cikada Quartet; Crash Ensemble; Arts Council of Ireland

Dedicated to / written for:

Kate Fraher, John Fraher

Quartet No. 8

Black Woman Rising

2004

Dedicated to / written for:

Pumeza Matshikiza; Kronos Quartet

Quartet No. 9

Shiva Dances

2004

Commissioned by: Smith Quartet; BBC
Dedicated to / written for: Smith Quartet

Quartet No. 10

2006

Revised in 2013?

Commissioned by:

RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet; RTÉ

Dedicated to / written for:

RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

Quartet No. 11

2011

Chester

Commissioned by:

Callino Quartet

Quartet No. 12

2015

Chester