I have added the scores of two new string quartets to the 'Chamber Music' page of my website.
There are also lousy computer-generated mp3 files that may give you some idea of how the music might sound.
The first quartet is in four movements and lasts about 30 minutes. The first movement is a diverse mixture of slow and fast music; the next two movements are titled 'scherzo', and the finale is a
moderate-tempo piece that draws on shaped-note music and bluegrass fiddling, to some degree.
The second quartet was designed to be quite different from the first. The movements are shorter, and the harmonic and gestural language is much more high-modernist. The whole thing lasts about 12 minutes or so. The movements have impressionistic titles (Clouds, Stones, Creatures, Human); I don't take these very seriously.
I hope to get better recordings of these some day soon.
Enjoy...
