String Quartet #2: Five Portraits (1997)
24 minutes
Movements:
I. Moderately fast, but gently–Gerald F. Muller
II. Scherzo I–Frank Wilhoit
III. Adagio–Matthias Meuwissen
IV. Scherzo II–Scott Simonelli
V. Gentle and tranquil, freely–Constantine Efantis
Score and recording
Program Notes:
This quartet is comprised of five portraits of composers who have influenced me personally and musically. I remain in their debt not only for their friendship but also for the short quotation I have borrowed from each in order to give the portraits a stronger likeness to the dedicatee.
The recording is of the premiere, June 19, 1997, performed by the Sunrise Quartet.
This work received a performance award at the 1997 Delius Festival.
–Maurice Saylor
