String Quartet No.1, 3rd Movement

Composer

Matthew Reid

Publisher

Matthew Reid

Genre

Classical / Chamber music

Instrumentation

Violin, Viola, Cello

Type of score

Full score

Key

C major

Movement(s)

3 to 3 from 3

Duration

6'29"

Difficulty

Advanced

Year of composition

1992

Description
The playful and joyful conclusion. A thumb in the nose at authoritarianism depicted by quick moving harmonies and a polyphonic texture. Modern sounding but also accessible to listeners. A combination of the worlds of Bach and Prokofiev. Listen to the excerpt of the opening exposition.