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String Quartet No. 1 : for traditional string quartet

by Alexander Voltz (2020)

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Work Overview

This First String Quartet is, for me, a more intimate extension of concepts explored in my oboe concerto, Expressions on Solitude. My extrovert and introvert are in constant competition. Secretly, I think introvert wins out - but there's a sort of hollow quality to this quartet, so maybe it's a pyrrhic victory.
Otherwise, I have recently found much enjoyment in writing music without any distinct narrative structure, instead concentrating on form and proportion. This is not to say my work is now suddenly uninspired; indeed, it remains deeply personal. But through exploring processes that are without concrete - or at least authorial - meaning, thus rendering those processes entirely interpretive, one creates a powerful experience for individuals, not just audiences.
While the traditional string quartet is a work of multiple movements, I am content with the First's length. This is a prologue.

Work Details

Year: 2020

Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Duration: 8 min.

Difficulty: Advanced

Shortlisted in the 2020 Bartok World Composition Competition by Gyula Fekete and the Composition Faculty of the Liszt Academy, Budapest.

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String Quartet No. 1

Composed by Alexander Voltz, performed by The Flinders Quartet

  

Performances of this work

24 Nov 2021: at Flinders Quartet Composer Development Program live-streamed concert (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Flinders Quartet.

24 Nov 21: Glenfern, St Kilda East, Melbourne, VIC. Featuring Flinders Quartet.

20 Nov 2021: at Flinders Quartet's Composer Development Program workshop (live-streamed) (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Flinders Quartet.

13 Nov 2021: at Flinders Quartet's Composer Development Program workshop (live-streamed) (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Flinders Quartet.

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