Mehdi Hosseini (*1979)
Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (2008)
Dedicated to Nigel Osborne
Based on folk music material of “Torbat-e Jam”
1.1.1(+bc).2(+cbn) / 2.0.0.0 / 8.6.6.4.2

Duration
18′

Published by Donemus, Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Muziek
Recorded and published CD by Arqanoon Records, Tehran

Premiere
23/05/2010
Russia, Saint Petersburg State Philharmonic (Glinka Hall)
Performed by the Saint Petersburg State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Brad Everett Cawyer, conductor

Mohsen Saghafi comments: “The dialogue among the four solo string instruments attempting to be heard through the tumult of orchestral sounds is a musical metaphor for the cultural status of the tribes of Iran. In this piece, Hosseini reproduces the absurdity and multi-cultural aspect of societal and popular culture and conversations with the use of the orchestra. He represents the tumult of a society in which ethnic cultural elements are evident but cannot be easily heard.”