Contenuto
I. Maestoso - II. Intermezzo: Allegretto - III. Larghetto e cantabile - IV. Allegro assai
Gegenwartsmusik
Maneval's second quartet features four movements: Maestoso, Intermezzo: Allegretto: Larghetto e cantabile: Allegro assai. For advanced performers. Duration: 21' Maneval's music lives in the same worlds with Ravel's and Barber's, different though they may be. His Quartet references other music: There is a breath of Viennese lilt in the fourth movement, and the ironic playfulness of the second movement is a healthy critique of Prokofiev. But this is not a postmodern melange. The work glows with energy... -Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer
I. Maestoso - II. Intermezzo: Allegretto - III. Larghetto e cantabile - IV. Allegro assai