A documentary tracing Arditti Quartet's rehearsals with the composer in preparation for the world première of Brian Ferneyhough's Sixth String Quartet at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2010.
Arditti String Quartet:
Irvine Arditti, violin
Ashot Sarkissjan, violin
Ralf Ehlers, viola
Lucas Fels, cello
Sound David Lefeber
Editor Jane Clegg
Directed & photographed by Colin Still
Executive Producer Paul Archbold
Brian Ferneyhough 'Sixth String Quartet' is published by Edition Peters, used with permission. Commissioned by SWR & BBC Radio 3.
Film supported by:
Kingston University London
Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
a PALATINE Development Award
Institute of Musical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
with thanks to:
SWR
Donauhalle, Donaueschingen
SoundNetwork
© Optic Nerve 2011