related works

Four Double Dutch Dances : for piano four hands / Rieteke Hölscher

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano 4 hands
Scoring: 4hpf

Kwartet : voor 2 violen, altviool en cello, (1949) / Sas Bunge

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Medusa : voor strijkkwartet / Misja Mengelberg

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Strijkkwartet : 1953 / Ludwig Otten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

composition

Circles Around a Broken Dream : String quartet Nº 1 / Rieteke Hölscher

Other authors:
Hölscher, Rieteke (Composer)
Description:
Inspired by String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich, this string quartet also tells the story of the process of dealing with a loss.
At first you can hear soft tremolos combined with pizzicato glissandos – according to the composer this main motive is the event of the loss itself – this motive is alternated with other musical motives and themes that represent the different stages of mourning, successively there is: denial, anger, confusion, sadness, and finally a kind of acceptance.
Just like Shostakovich, Hölscher writes a signature in this work, consisting of the letters C.HSCHE.