DCLIX. MARTINŮ, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
String Quartet #3 (1929)
1. Allegro (4:24)
2. Andante (4:40)
3. Vivo (3:19)
Martinů Quartet
First movement
- Plucked cello chords
- off beat col legno rhythm in viola
- muted tremolo in second violin
- main motif in first violin
The energy never lets up, until resolving into this pacific finish:
Second movement
The viola is out front for most of this thick-textured movement ...
The cello takes over towards the end:
It is possible Martinů had heard either or both of Bartók's Third and Fourth Quartets -- both written just a few years prior -- but no matter; Martinů is his own man here.
The music flies by at an outrageous tempo, like some great big bird flying through a clear blue sky:
The music flies by at an outrageous tempo, like some great big bird flying through a clear blue sky:
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