Opus 14 – String Quartet No. 5

String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat Mixolydian, “Detuned”, Op. 14

Details

Date of composition: 2004

Duration (approx.): 13 minutes

Instrumentation: string quartet (in scordatura tuning)

Movements:

  • I-Undulating (in the Mixolydian mode)
  • II-Pastoral, slightly voluptuous (in the Norican mode)
  • III-Simple (in the Lugian mode)
  • IV-Rough, belabored (in the Dorian mode)