Rush

马修-海德森（Matthew Hindson）为吉他和弦乐四重奏创作的《拉什》受到了费利克斯-门德尔松（Felix Mendelssohn）音乐的影响。门德尔松弦乐八重奏最后乐章中快速且极具技术挑战性的段落影响了辛德森，使他决定为戈尔德纳弦乐四重奏创作一首极具技巧性的作品。辛德森说，影响他的更多是门德尔松弦乐创作的精神，尤其是他的弦乐四重奏和弦乐八重奏的最后乐章，而不是任何形式的和声或旋律发明"

作曲家: Hindson, Matthew
乐器: Guitar, String Quartet
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Matthew Hindson's Rush for guitar and string quartet takes its influence from the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The fast and technically challenging passages found in the final movement of the Mendelssohn String Octet influenced Hindson's decision to compose a work for the Goldner String Quartet that is highly virtuosic in nature. Hindson remarks, "it is much more the spirit of Mendelssohn's string writing that was influential, particularly the last movements of his string quartets and the String Octet, rather than any sort of harmony or melodic invention." This nine minute piece also features the playful, up-beat and repetitive rhythms found in popular music. The fast and mostly accelerating tempo of Rush reinforces both the title of the piece and the influence of 'techno' music. Rush also features a series of catchy and vibrant melodies, making the work accessible to a wide audience. Although the piece is scored for guitar and string quartet, it is regarded by Hindson as a guitar quintet, where the guitarist and the string quartet are treated not as soloists performing with accompaniment, but as integral and equally important entities in the work as a whole. The guitarist and the instruments comprising the quartet each have the opportunity to assume the playful motifs and feature as virtuosic soloists.