William Mathias
String Quartet No. 3. op. 97
(1985/86)
William Mathias
String Quartet No. 3. op. 97
(1985/86)
- Instrumentation String Quartet
- Composer William Mathias
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Order no. OUP57767
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Description:
Mathias' third and final quartet was commissioned by the 1986 Harrogate International Festival and premiered there in August that year by the Medici Quartet. It has three movements: the first takes the form of a sonata, the second starts off as mysterious and lyrical and moves into a fiery climax, and the third uses exciting fugal passages and 'scherzando' sections, which make for a thrilling conclusion.