String Quartet No. 3 ‘Mad Piper’ (Fischer)
Movements
i Mad Piper, ii Carpathian, iii Sad Piper, iv Ursari
Notes
Fischer’s String Quartet No.3 was written in 2011 and demonstrates his fascination with integrating elements of music from different parts of the world into his work. The ‘Mad Piper’ of the title (and the first movement), evokes the Canadian bagpiper Bill Millin who continued to play while under fire on Sword Beach during the initial stages of the D-Day Landings in 1944.
