Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
String Quartet No. 4 (1999)
Concordia Discors
Dur. 13’
Written for the Zapolski Quartet
Revised in 2005 for the Quartetto di Cremona
SCORE
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Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
String Quartet No. 4 (1999)
Concordia Discors
Dur. 13’
PERFORMANCE NOTES
This piece is suited for electronic amplification. If amplified, the performance calls for a sound technician and a subtle adaption of the amplification to the dynamic and formal content of the music. It should reinforce the dynamics or moods indicated in the score. No dynamic progressions should be made by using the mixer, only different levels of amplifications applied to different sections of the piece are called for. All extremely quiet sections should be without amp., f.ex. the beginning of the piece. “c.d.” should be performed in a quiet space (air condition turned off, no heavy traffic outside the space etc.).
The piece is written for the Zapolski Quartet, revised in 2005 for the Quartetto di Cremona, who first performed this version in 2005 at Schloß Elmau by Garmisch Partenkirchen.
concordia discors
4de strygekvartet/4th string quartet/4tes Streichquartett
1st. part: As One
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen '05
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Untill bar 108, this section is a senza misura-section, which means: all whole notes are to be played according to their grafic appearance and according to the durations indicated in seconds. All other notes should be played according to their correct rhythmic value in the tempo given below.
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Ferocissimo, on the string
tutti poco a poco diminuendo sempre
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piu mosso, accel. poco a poco q = 92
senza vibrato
(except the cello from bar 178)
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2nd. part: Together
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Please do not make accents on the doublestop shifts! Instead, a tiny portamento between each shift is required in order to make the tremolosection totally smooth and edge-less.
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here with accents)