String Quartet in A minor

A String Quartet that challenges the traditional conception of the genre as four individual voices: It drops the conventional contrapuntal treatment of the instruments in favour of their atmospheric capabilities, thus creating vast and dynamic string-soundscapes throughout its four movements: an energetically driving, yet still somewhat lyrical opening movement, a melodically focused song-like second one (based on a New Year song the composer wrote on New Year's Eve 2017), a strangely energetic waltz with some unusual harmonies, and an extremely powerful and pressuring finale.