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Piano Quartets 1 & 2 / Andrew Anderson ; Australia Piano Quartet.

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Piano Quartet No. 2 : [eParts] / Andrew Anderson.

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Parts [ePDF]	Piano Quartet No. 2 : [eParts] / Andrew Anderson. 1 digital (PDF) set of 4 performance parts (116p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2022	Not for loan	$83.64	Add to cart
Parts	Piano Quartet No. 2 / Andrew Anderson. 1 set of 4 performance parts (116p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2020	Not for loan	$123.64	Add to cart
Score [ePDF]	Piano Quartet No. 2 : [eScore] / Andrew Anderson. 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (74p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2020	Not for loan	$60.00	Add to cart
Score	Piano Quartet No. 2 / Andrew Anderson. 1 facsimile score (74p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2020 Library shelf no. 785.2814/AND 2	Available for loan	$84.55	Add to cart
CD	Piano Quartets 1 & 2 / Andrew Anderson ; Australia Piano Quartet. 1 CD (65 min.) Published by Navona Records — 2019 [NV6235] Library shelf no. CD 3072	Available for loan	$POA
Digital Audio Album	Chamber Works / Andrew Anderson. This product only features part of this work: Part II 1 online resource Published by Navona Records — 2 December, 2022 [NV6476]	Not for loan	$POA

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Work Overview

Completed in 2018, the quartet contains two parts, each introduced by the same elegiac melody played by a solo string instrumentalist. Part I is characterized by sustained pitches passed between the strings against a metronomic piano accompaniment (Larghetto). These eventually give way to descending note flurries and syncopated chorale elements (Andante), temporarily interrupted by a quieter, contemplative section (Lento). Part II consists of a wistful melody in fourths (Largo) that is gradually developed then finally bursts forth in a more sunny restatement. This is replaced by unsettled, darker section of great rhythmic drive (Ritmico, alla breve), broken by a pensive melody introduced by cello (Largo). Following an extended pedal point underneath increasingly agitated runs and repeated notes, there is an excited return to the section's opening theme on the piano (marked "ecstatic and colossal" in the score), accompanied by furious string arpeggios (Ritmico, alla breve). The pensive melody returns (Largo) but is ultimately swept away by a rhythmic string and piano flourish (Ritmico, alla breve).

Work Details

Year: 2018

Instrumentation: Violin, viola, cello, piano.

Duration: 30 min.

Contents note: In 2 parts.

Dedication note: Dedicated to Australia Piano Quartet