1st String Quartet
composer: Jörg Widmann
Premiere: 1998 Berlin, 6. Internationaler Karl Klingler Wettbewerb für Streichquartett
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 14' 0''
Year of composition: 1997
Difficulty: difficult
Edition: score and parts
62 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-001-13684-6
Order number: ED 9747
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Description
The five strings quartets by Jörg Widmann are compact studies, like those of his teacher Wolfgang Rihm. Performed individually, the focus is on the respective central technical and aesthetic idea. Performed as a cycle, however, they get closer to the well-known classical multi-movement form.
The theme of the first string quartet is the quintessential beginning: in an introduction, it takes some time for the strained sounds to turn into harmonics. Then it is the viola, the 'poor cousin' in the string quartet literature, which takes up and defines the musical work. The work concludes with a demanding eight-part double-stopping polyphony of all instruments.
Recordings
String Quartets (2008)
Jörg Widmann
Juliane Banse (soprano) · Leipziger Streichquartett
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307 1531-2
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