Opus 42 – String Quartet No. 12

String Quartet No. 12 in A-flat Dolopian, Op. 42

Details

Date of composition: 2013

Duration (approx.): 12 minutes

Instrumentation: string quartet

Commissioned by: Third Angle Ensemble

Movements:

  • I-Bizarre, with mirth (in the Dolopian mode)
  • II-Shaded, floating (in the Dorian mode)
  • III-Unstable, mercurial (in the Edetanian mode)
  • IV-Stately, like a three-legged peacock (in the Lydian mode)