Quintet for Strings No.4

on a purpose-selected tone row

Op.71

for
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini's
275th birthday
(19 February 1743)

1. Allegro non troppo - Pių mosso - Allegro con moto - Tempo II
2. Grave - Pių mosso - Pių mosso ancora - Tempo secondo - Tempo primo
3. Scherzo - Trio - Presto molto
4. Presto ma non troppo - Presto assai
Date Duration Download
19 February 2018 25'29" Realization (.MP3) Score (.PDF)
34.9 MB 1.45 MB

A tribute to the inimitable Italian cello virtuoso, Luigi Boccherini, who spent most of his life in comfortable service to the Spanish Court and composed over 140 delightful double cello string quintets.

While he would certainly immediately recognize the form, Maestro Boccherini would undoubtedly consider the tonal progressions the work essays [(1) C-Db-E (2) G-Ab-B (3) Bb-D- Eb (4) F-Gb-A] ludicrous, if not outright insane.

A volte la vita č cosė.

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