related works
Il cibo per la Musica : a musical menu for symphony orchestra / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl ob 3cl sax-a h 4tpt tb 2/3timp perc str
Quartet in two movements : for string quartet / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Vier Lieder ohne Worte : für Streichquartett, 2006 / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
maps of non-existent cities. bludenz : for string quartet / Dmitri Kourliandski
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vln vla vc
composition
Circles Around a Broken Dream : String quartet Nº 1 / Rieteke Hölscher
Author(s):
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.