String Quartet No 5 (McCabe)
from McCabe: String Quartets Nos 3, 4 & 5 (CDA67078)
1 Metamorphosis, egg, larvae, pupae. Lento, flessibile [1'49]
2 Hatching I [1'52]
3 Hatching II [0'57]
4 Nuptial flight [0'59]
5 The court [1'50]
6 Figure of eight dance. Orientation to sources of nectar and pollen. Allegro leggiero [1'35]
7 Round Dance. Orientation to sources of nectar and pollen. Allegro vivo [2'05]
8 Bee and Flower. Andante [2'38]
9 Wild Nest. Allegro deciso e marcato [1'10]
10 Primitive Hive I (skep) [0'39]
11 Primitive Hive II [0'28]
12 Bee Keeper: Allegro deciso [0'46]
13 Expulsion and killing of an enemy: Allegro nervoso [1'47]
14 Fight between Workers and Drones: Allegro agitato – Lento pesante – Allegro vivace [2'34]
21 minutes 9 seconds 14 tracks
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