This work was first performed at the 1989 Fishguard Festival with funds provided by the Welsh Arts Council. The work has roughly the overall shape of a substantial slow movement, followed by a double scherzo, interlude, another scherzo, and a fast finale.
String Quartet No. 5
| Instrument | Stryger Kvartet |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Partitur |
| Sidor | 64 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | Novello & Co Ltd. |
| Bidragsgivare | McCabe, John (Composer) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISBN | 9780711989511 |