Description
This latest triptych in American composer Elena Ruehr’s string quartets takes inspiration from much-loved locales in the higher latitudes: the composer’s Michigan home, a favourite spot on Cape Cod, and the capital city of Iceland. Elena Ruehr is one of today’s most prolific and acclaimed composer of string quartets whose music has been described as “unspeakably gorgeous” by Gramophone magazine. This latest triptych of works for the genre takes inspiration from much-loved locales in the higher latitudes: the composer’s Michigan home, a favourite spot on Cape Cod, and the capital city of Iceland.