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"String Quartet No. 2"
(musica instrumentalis)
By: 
Aaron Jay Kernis

 

premiered January 10, 1998
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, Merkin Concert Hall
New York City

Performed by the Lark Quartet
Diane Pascal, Jennifer Orchard, violins
Anna Kruger, viola; Astrid Schween, cello

 

Overture
Prelude
Air
Corrente
Stretto
Canzonetta
Musette
Canzonetta Piccolo
Ritornelli Diversi con Variazioni
Sarabande Double, Sarabande Simple (in memory of Bette Snapp)
Double Triple Gigue Fugue (after Beethoven)



One-minute excerpt from String Quartet No. 2: