Quatrain II

Toru Takemitsu · 1930–1996 · Japanese

For clarinet, violin, cello, piano

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

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Ensemble: Strings & winds
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 17 min
Composed: 1977
Era: 20th century

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Version of the concertante Quatrain (1975) for its four soloists alone

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