piano quartet

Piano Quartet

Piano Quartet (2004)

Instrumentation: Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano.
Duration: circa 10 minutes
Copyrights: work registered with BMI
Commissioned by Cistermúsica (Portugal).
Premiered on May 22 of 2004 by the Moscow Piano Quartet at the XII Cistermúsica (2004) .

Excerpts from live recording by New Fromm Players, Tanglewood Music Center, August 2006:
Movement I, Movement II, Movement III

Program notes:
This work comprises three movements, where the two outer movements project great rhythmical energy with short motives, sparkled with different colors and sonic qualities, and fragmented through the ensemble. The second movement draws languid, introspective lines of a melancholic lyricism, featuring melodic transitions between the piano and the violin, and short episode where the string trio abandons the omnipresence of the piano.