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The Kreutzer Quartet performs four 20th century pieces written for
string quartet. The quartet, comprised of Peter Sheppard Skærved on
violin, Mihailo Trandafilovski on violin, Morgan Goff on viola and
Neil Heyde on cello, apply their talents to Stravinsky's 'Three
Pieces for String Quartet' (1914), Lutoslawski's 'String Quartet'
(1964), Ligeti's 'String Quartet No. 2' (1968) and Finnissy's
'Second String Quartet' (2007).
The famous Hungarian composer fills his pieces with skillful,
fascinating rhythms that shifts accents and speeds. The
breathtaking disorder and turbulence of the keys in "Desordre"
shows us Ligeti's enthusiasm for central African music, which would
become his signature.
In this detailed study Simha Arom takes a new and original approach
to the understanding of the complex and sophisticated patterns of
polyphony and polyrhythm that characterise African music.
Considering in particular the harp, sanza, xylophone and percussion
music of Central Africa, Simha Arom develops a a rigorous method
for the analysis of the music and for the recording and deciphering
of the many strands of polyphony and polyrhythm. Through a
systematic breakdown of the many layers of apparently improvised
rhythm he reveals the essential structure which underlies this rich
and complex music. Inspired also by linguistic techniques,
Professor Arom regards the music very much as a grammatical system.
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