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World Premiere Performance Of Quintet No.2 By N. Roth, Dermot Dunne
World Premiere Performance Of Quintet No.2 By N. Roth, Dermot Dunne
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Nick Roth's second quintet was commissioned by the Sligo International Chamber Music Festival to be premiered by Dermot Dunne, accordion and the Vogler string quartet. The work draws on many aspects of the muezzin call to prayer in the Islamic faith including the various different modes (or maqaams) used in the call to prayer throughout the day. The work is a synthesis of the ISlamic call to prayer with contemporary composition techniques