[Ben Phelps looks at a crane]

Quartet

for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

2003. 24 minutes.

An early piece, my Quartet began life as an ostensible homage to Shostakovich. The connections are somewhat vague- though the infamous DSCH motive does make a few brief appearances. It mainly features a somewhat dour Shostakovichian mood filtered through a post-minimalist language. There is some great drama in the process though.

View a sample of the score.

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