Opus 22 – String Quartet No. 8

String Quartet No. 8 in F Mixolydian, Op. 22

Details

Date of composition: 2005

Duration (approx.): 18 minutes

Instrumentation: string quartet

Movements:

  • I-Calm, slightly airy (in the Mixolydian mode)
  • II-Gentle, with anguish (in the Phrygian mode)
  • III-Infernal, harrowing (in the Zacynthian mode)
  • IV-Darkly, with a sense of discomfort (in the Caspian mode)
  • V-Jovial, rhythmic (in the Mixolydian mode)