Piano Quartet

Instrumentation

Cello
1
Piano
1
Viola
1
Violin
1

Additional Information

The first piece I wrote after returning from my transformative Erasmus in Russia. It is a single movement work with obvious influence from Shostakovich in its sparse sound-world. Structurally however this work started a fascination with organic, single climax structures which dominated my work over the following year or two. The piece is dark in tone, built around an incredibly long D pedal where a B minor and Bb major chord pivot around constantly building tension with only slight releases on the way to short burst of energy before returning to the obscurity of before.

Details

Year
Minutes
10

Recordings

Performers
RedNote Ensemble
Title
Piano Quartet
Venue
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland