String quartet no. 5 - Score & parts — In memoriam Elke Albrecht
Aho, Kalevi
Product information
| Title: | String quartet no. 5 - Score & parts — In memoriam Elke Albrecht | ||
| Authors: | Aho, Kalevi (Composer) | ||
| Product number: | 9790550180147 | ||
| Product form: | Sheet music | ||
| Availability: | Delivery in 7-16 days | ||
| Publication date: | 15.10.2025 | ||
| Price per piece: | 43,00 € (37,72 € vat 0 %) | ||
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| Publisher: | Fennica Gehrman |
| Edition: | 2025 |
| Publication year: | 2025 |
| Language: | English, Finnish |
| Pages: | 73 |
| Product family: | Chamber music String ensembles |
| Finnish library classification: | 78.5132 Neljä jousisoitinta |
| Key words: | jousikvartetot |
Kalevi Aho composed his 5th string quartet in autumn 2021 as a commission from the Kamus Quartet. It is dedicated to the memory of the German-Austrian musicologist Elke Albrecht, who died on 29.9.2021 at the age of only 40. Albrecht was one of the leading experts on Finnish opera; her doctoral thesis was about operas inspired by the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala, and shortly before she died, she was working on a second doctoral thesis, about Aho's concertos and concertante symphonies.
The overall mood of the quartet is elegiac, and the basic material derives from the musical letters in Elke Albrecht's name: e-a-b(=b-flat)-re(=d)-c-h(=b). The finale is a dreamy, quick, virtuoso waltz. The build-ups are not resolved; at the end, the vital energy gradually expires.
Movements
I Adagio - Vivacissimo
II Moderato - Presto
III Larghetto
IV Vivace
Duration: 28'30''
This product includes the full score (size A4) and the set of parts (size B4).
The overall mood of the quartet is elegiac, and the basic material derives from the musical letters in Elke Albrecht's name: e-a-b(=b-flat)-re(=d)-c-h(=b). The finale is a dreamy, quick, virtuoso waltz. The build-ups are not resolved; at the end, the vital energy gradually expires.
Movements
I Adagio - Vivacissimo
II Moderato - Presto
III Larghetto
IV Vivace
Duration: 28'30''
This product includes the full score (size A4) and the set of parts (size B4).