Arctic Fire (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra simplyforstrings As with all Barenreiter editions

As with all Barenreiter editions it has been prepared in accordance with clearly defined editorial guidelines and free of arbitrary additions from the editor

alone in space looking at the Earth

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♫ Twinkle

Bethl'em lay a-sleeping

Arctic Fire (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra simplyforstrings As with all Barenreiter editionsThe striking sound of the first violin harmonics cut as blowing ice in an Arctic landscape. It's so cold you just start to burn. These are just a couple of the images that this powerful work conjures up to players and audiences. "Arctic Fire" abounds in tonal surprises including glissando, pizzicato, metrical changes, harmonics, tremolo and drones. Effective textures, such as a string quartet playing a section with the backing of the rest of the