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String Quartet No. 2

Composer: Jorg Widmann
Performers: Signum Quartet
Recording date: 27 September 2012
Date of broadcast: 28 December 2012

This is the musical expression of suffering. Widmann directs the players to play with their bow upside-down or at an angle to achieve the effect. You would not think the sounds created could be produced by an instrument.

Composer: Jorg Widmann
Performers: Signum Quartet
Recording date: 27 September 2012
Date of broadcast: 28 December 2012

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