String Quartet No. 1 ("10 Preludes")

Hans Abrahamsen · 1952– · Danish

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as 10 Præludier · Ten Preludes

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

LyricalLesser-known

Listen

Open on YouTube More recordings

Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 21 min
Composed: 1973
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Ten short preludes played as one work

Suggest a correction

A step before · level 6

From Amber Frozen

Mason Bates

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

13 min

LyricalDramaticLesser-known

6balanced

String Quartet ("Ragamala")

Reena Esmail

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

26 min

LyricalFolkLesser-known

6balanced

String Quartet No. 1 ("Aloysius")

Edmund Finnis

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

17 min

SlowLyricalLesser-known

6balanced

String Quartet No. 2

Edmund Finnis

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

13 min

LyricalDramaticLesser-known

6balanced

A step after · level 8

Arcadiana, Op. 12

Thomas Adès

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

21 min

LyricalPlayfulWell-known

8balanced

String Quartet No. 1

John Adams

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

30 min

DramaticLyricalLesser-known

8balanced

Garden of Eros

Louis Andriessen

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

15 min

LyricalPlayfulLesser-known

8balanced

…miserere…

Louis Andriessen

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

16 min

SlowDarkLesser-known

8balanced