String Quartet No. 3

Pēteris Vasks · b. 1946 · Latvian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 26 min
Composed: 1995
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Four movements, from a driving Allegro energico to a long Adagio

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