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Viral

for four cellos

Richard Birchall

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Composer Richard Birchall
Year of Composition 2011
Duration ca.5'
Categories (all composers) , ,
Catalogue ID ce-rb3v1

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Viral was written for and premiered at the West Dean festival in Sussex in August 2011. The title refers to the small cell of musical material – a falling and rising minor third – which multiplies, mutates, and gradually dominates the whole five minute piece. The outer sections are feverish and animated, in 12/8 time; between them is a sombre march dominated by pizzicato figures.