SIGHTLINES: A New Music Party Mix for the End of the Decade
SIGHTLINES: A New Music Party Mix for the End of the Decade
BY NICHOLAS PERRY CLARK
“6) RIPEFG: I. | Yevgeniy Sharlat | Aizuri Quartet | 2018 | 4.5’
An Austin-based composer teaching at our very own University of Texas, Yevgeniy Sharlat has garnered national recognition for string quartets. RIPEFG is Sharlat’s third string quartet written in memory of former UT student and friend to Sharlat, Ethan Frederick Greene. Sharlat says Greene would insist on bringing a melodica to lessons, and so the melodica is a major feature in the work played for nearly the entire first movement by the violist. Sharlat often uses other objects and instruments in his works, such as kazoos, harmonicas, and even pencils like in Pencil Sketch which he wrote for the Kronos Quartet. RIPEFG can be heard on Aizuri Quartet’s Grammy-nominated album, Blueprinting. If you’re looking for more, other composers on the album include Gabriella Smith, Caroline Shaw, who also have excellent works.”