Quartet (2016) is based on four different 12‑tone rows, one for each instrument. Sometimes the full row is used, at sometimes only fragments; the rows appear both in their original form as well as in various inversions and transpositions. Occasionally two instruments share the same row to highlight a musical line.
Several additional motifs appear throughout the piece, either in unison or as a dialogue between the instruments. The work also contains some of my characteristic musical signatures: the combination of minor –major chords with dissonant lines, chords built on fourths and sevenths, and a strong rhythmic drive.
Kvartett (2016) er basert på fire ulike tolvtone‑rekker, én for hvert instrument. Noen ganger brukes hele rekken, andre ganger bare fragmenter; rekkene opptrer både i sin opprinnelige form og i ulike inversjoner og transposisjoner. Av og til deler to instrumenter samme rekke for å fremheve en musikalsk linje.
Flere andre motiver dukker også opp gjennom stykket, enten i unison eller som en dialog mellom instrumentene. Verket inneholder også flere av mine musikalske signaturer: kombinasjonen av dur-moll‑akkorder med dissonante linjer, akkorder bygget på kvarter og septimer, og en tydelig rytmisk driv.
Available versions with PDF-excerpt:
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Bassoon, Viola and Harp - PDF-excerpt
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Two Violas and Harp - PDF-excerpt
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Soprano Saxophone, Singing Violist and Harp - PDF-excerpt
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Soprano Saxophone, Viola and Harp - (Score excerpt forthcoming)
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Clarinet, Viola and Piano - PDF-excerpt
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Two Violas and Piano - PDF-excerpt