City Walks

for string quartet

by Michael Kaulkin

Michael Kaulkin · String Quartet No. 1 ("City Walks")

Composed in the first half of 2009, City Walks is a 12-minute piece for string quartet in one movement. It is lyrical and macabre, with a fun, adrenaline-soaked extended coda. It was premiered by the Eidolon Quartet in Berkeley, California in May, 2009 and performed subsequently at the San Francisco Airport’s “You Are Hear” festival and in Hong Kong’s 2012 HellHot! Festival.

SKU: SWM-005 Categories: Chamber Music, String Quartet, Strings Instrumentation: String Quartet

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