Berio's Quartetto per archi uses general serialism, featuring series of twelve distinct tones, as well as series of dynamics and rhythms.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Berio's music dialogues with the past by altering musical grammar and syntax, and also drew inspiration from folk music and songs.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In Sincronie, Berio conceived the string quartet as a single instrument with sixteen strings, moving away from the classical idea of a 'conversation between four rational people'.
Composer Biography
Luciano Berio, the composer, was a universal figure who completed the last act of Puccini's opera Turandot and extended Schubert's unfinished Tenth Symphony.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Notturno, a string quartet, aims to sublime language through whispers and echoes, making the musical word a metaphor for silence.
Performer Biography
The Molinari Quartet, founded in 1997, is dedicated to 20th and 21st-century string quartet repertoire and has won 27 Opus Prizes for musical excellence.
Composition History
Berio's Notturno (Quartetto III) was commissioned by the Alban Berg Quartett of Vienna and dedicated to Lorin Maazel.
