February 15, 200917 yr That quartet is the sixth of my seven sofar one- or two-movement quartets for various string combinations (4 cellos or 2violas, 1 cello, 1 contrabasso etc. etc. but this one uses the classical combination: 2vlns, 1vla, 1cello). I wrote it when I was 23 years old and I regard it as one of my most "brainy" compositions. Although I tried to remain as much as possible to the field of absolute music, the whole of the quartet is loosely based on a programmatic idea reffering to the misfortunes and ambiguities of the feeling of love. I have already posted the 2nd movement but as long as I completed the transcription of the first movement in my notation software I thought I should give it a try to the forum so... 1st Movement - Lento It's style is quite atonal with a few passages of classical harmonic development and it's form could be that of a sonata - rondo (as far as one can tell regarding it as a whole). The whole movement is based in the development of a four note music cell which is heard in the very beggining of the movement and progresses to a climax in the middle section. The extended melody that is heard both in the beginning and in the end of the movement also derives freely from that cell and its purpose is to bring some tonality reassurement (as far as that can be possible in a heavily chromatic work) and some unity between the contrasting parts. 2nd movement - Lento / adagio As with the first mvt, the second mvt derives also from that same musical cell although it is used in a more tonal way untill it express itself fully in the middle section of the piece, which is called canzonetta (the core of the whole work and the embodiment of the programmatic idea mentioned above) and it is supposed to be played by the two violins alone (although my original idea was to be played by a solo violinist). Quartet No.6 1st mvt.mid Quartet No.6 2nd mvt.mid
