Quartet for Piano and Strings

Composer: 
David Froom
Instrumentation freestyle: 
vn, va, vc, pno
Year Authored: 
1985
Duration (min): 
13
Alternate Title: 
Piano Quartet
Movements-Titles: 
Dramatic and decisive
Movements-Titles: 
Very slow and expressive
Movements-Titles: 
Quite fast (Scherzo/Trio/Scherzo da capo
Movements-Titles: 
Very slow (reprise of II)
First Performance: 
Eliza Garth "with strings," Merkin Hall, New York, NY, Feb 1986
Recording: 
Centaur CRC 2103
 
  • "It is an engaging piece -- well planned, succinct, warmly felt, and decisively written."  (Andrew Porter, The New Yorker)
  • "First off Tuesday was a Piano Quartet by David Froom that spoke out with musical ideas of substance, feeling and character.  An arresting cello theme launched the piece with urgency.  From then on, through four movements, Froom's music took on its materials cogently and fresh, with a persistently renewing rhythmic impetus.  There is a warmly expressive slow movement, a potent Scherzo and a slow last movement readdressing what has gone before in a satisfying reflection.  The writing for the piano, violin, viola and cello was imaginative and sounded new but unforced.  This is a work to live with and savor again."  (Robert Commanday, The San Francisco Chronicle)   
  • "I've enjoyed this work through many listenings -- it's a beauty of a piece."  (Scott Wheeler, Fanfare Magazine)
      
Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

Ensemble Type

audio/mpeg iconFroomPianoQuartetExcerpt.mp3

Instruments

List Price: 
$39 score, set of parts