Gerald Resch's String Quartet No. 3 'attacca' uses an 'attacca strategy' as its basic principle, creating restlessness and urgency by developing the musical thread continuously from one movement to the next.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Festeburgkirche in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, from July 14-16, 2020.
Performer Biography
The Aris Quartett, founded in 2009, is named after the last four letters of the first names of its four musicians: Anna Katharina Wildermuth, Noémi Zipperling, Caspar Vinzens, and Lukas Sieber.
Composition History
Gerald Resch composed his String Quartet No. 3 'attacca' with the Aris Quartett in mind, meeting with them to understand their preferences before starting the composition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gerald Resch, the composer of String Quartet No. 3 'attacca', approached its creation 'architecturally', aiming to make a piece that musicians would feel comfortable with and that would dynamically interact with Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1.
Performer Biography
The Aris Quartett has received numerous prestigious international awards for young musicians, including being named New Generation Artists by the BBC, ECHO Rising Stars, and winning the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
Compositional Technique
The opening of Gerald Resch's 'attacca' features an elementary monophonic, catchy melodic-rhythmic unison formula that recurs at the beginning of each movement as a ritornello, undergoing tonal additions and distortions.
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