Sursum

Composer: 
Michael Slayton
Scoring: 
String Quartet
Year Authored: 
2010
Duration (min): 
8
First Performance: 
Oct. 2011, March 2012
Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

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Composed for the Kreutzer Quartet (London), Sursum is a single-movement work centered around themes of yearning, striving, rising. ("Sursum" is a Latin prefix meaning "upward".)