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Four Double Dutch Dances : for piano four hands / Rieteke Hölscher
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Piano 4 hands
	
			Scoring: 
		
		4hpf
	
String Quartet "C-Dur" / Alexey Retinski
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		2vl vla vc
	
L'indifférent : pour quatuor à cordes / Hendrik Andriessen
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		2vl vla vc
	
Strijkkwartet Nº 2 / Hans Lachman
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		2vl vla vc
	
composition
				String Quartet Nº 2 / Rieteke Hölscher
			
					
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									Hölscher, Rieteke
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						This composition in three movements is highly inspired by music history and the string quartets of Béla Bartók in particular. I started writing this piece right after the terrorist-attacks in Paris that took place in November 2015, while the world was in a state of agitation. I tried to capture this feeling in the first movement and used the letters of the word ‘peace’ in chords and melodic motifs.
The second movement is like a dream of a perfect world. The title is in line with the “Imagine” by John Lennon that was played in the streets of Paris shortly after the attacks – as tribute to the victims. The final movement is a conclusion: we may desire for a better world – even a perfect world, but it might be an Utopia. Live goes on, and sometimes very fast. This movement is alternately furious and more gentle of character, so that it reflects this contradiction.
Rieteke Hölscher, October 2017