String Quartet No. 4

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 32 min
Composed: 1999
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Five movements framed by an Elegy and a Meditation, with two fast Toccatas between

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