Piano Quintet for two violins, viola, violoncello and piano

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Composer: Mustonen Olli
Instrument: 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Publisher: Schott Music

Song List:
I Drammatico e passionato - II Quasi una passacaglia (Andantino) - III Finale (Misterioso)

Description:
The first movement of my Piano Quintet is filled with drama and passion. Its atmosphere can be related to my Second Symphony Johannes Angelos. The second movement is a set of polyphonic variations in a form reminiscent of a passacaglia. The music seems to be hypnotized by a theme consisting of a chromatic cluster of ten notes. In the beginning of the last movement, materials from the previous movements start to reappear, but this time in a mysterious, incoherent way. The strings find new music resembling a fragmented hymn. Fast-moving triplets start to appear and the music reaches a joyful and ecstatic conclusion. Olli Mustonen
Difffculty: difficult