Mason: String Quartet No. 2 (Score & Parts)

String Quartet No. 2 is in three movements. The 1st movement engages from the opening bar with fast paced, off kilter 7/8 tutti rhythms and sharp-edged harmonies. This is a kind of musical caffeine living between tonal and polytonalism with rich, sliding chords and a haunting middle section reminiscent of Armenian folks tunes. The 2nd movement offers emotional storytelling with clear tonality but with moments of more complex stacked harmonies and tension. The 3rd movement is lively with raw energy. Voices are rapidly interchanged in a dance of weaving motivic development until the satisfying rush of notes to the end.

Instrumentation: String Quartet
Duration: 15′
Composed: 2019
Published by: Todd Mason

String Quartet No. 2 (Youtube): https://youtu.be/ybH6fv0o3bo