Poul Ruders
String Quartet No. 4
Poul Ruders
String Quartet No. 4
- Besetzung Streichquartett
- Komponist Poul Ruders
- Ausgabe Partitur
- Verlag Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Bestell-Nr. WH31600
Lieferzeit 2-4 Wochen
Beschreibung:
It might be of interest for some to note, that a gap of only six months separates the writing of my second and third quartets (1979), but a 33 year interval stands between the third and the present piece, String Quartet No. 4. Which is in five movements and is about nothing but itself. The first movement 'Adagio - Presto alla breve - Adagio' is an overture of sorts, lifting the lid, as it were, on the odd bit of what happens later on in the other movements. A portal into: The second movement 'Vivo scherzando', which is just that: a short (2 minutes only) fast and jocular piece leading up to the next movement: 'Adagio sognante', a slow and hushed dream-world, paving the way for the pièce de resistance of the entire quartet: 'Presto alla breve', a ferociously fast tour de force for the four players, who, with that one under their belts, can lean back a little (but only a little) and put the whole thing gently to bed in the fifth and final movement: a simple 'Adagio'. Off the record: my first string quartet (1972) has been withdrawn and is no more, a fact that renders the numbering of the subsequent quartets a matter of personal conviction. Poul Ruders, November 2012