String Quartet No. 7

(Beethoven-Study II)

string quartet

Product number: ED 23330

Edition: Score and parts

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My String Quartet No. 7 – the second of my ‘Beethoven studies’ – is the first of my quartets to possess a two-movement structure. The density of texture is additionally enhanced, meaning that the opening Grave is internally so jaggedly animated that it is never quite clear whether it is perhaps an Allegro movement after all. The second movement is a mirror image of the first: it begins with a playful pizzicato Allegro – initially tentative attempts towards a calm, chorale-like cantabile are repeatedly rebuffed by new fast elements. Ultimately, a melodious hymn exalting in the greatest heights succeeds in establishing itself. Jörg Widmann

Content

I Grave = Allegro
II Allegro = Grave

More Information

Title:

String Quartet No. 7

(Beethoven-Study II)

Edition:

Score and parts

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2019

Duration:

26 ′

World Premiere:

January 15, 2020 · Köln (D)
Philharmonie
Artemis Quartett

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by KölnMusik, Philharmonie de Paris, ProQuartet - Centre européen de musique de chambre, Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation