canon interruptus (2011)

For string quartet and reader. Composed by Graham Flett in 2011. The text, which is read by the composer, is from Robert Burns' "Is There for Honesty Poverty" (better known as, A Man's a Man For A' That). The reader tries to read the poem during the empty spaces that arise from the string quartet performing an open type of notation. The piece ends when the reader has finished reading the poem.
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