String quintet (2 violins, 2 violas, cello) - Moderately Difficult SKU: OU.9780193412361
Composed by Martin Butler. Set of parts. 44 pages. Duration 11'. Oxford University Press #9780193412361. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193412361). ISBN 9780193412361. 12 x 8 inches.
For string quintet Sentinels was written for the Brodsky Quartet and John Metcalfe. The piece is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present.
