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Gregory Proch - Suite for String Quartet - 1st Movement in B-flat Major

This piece plays basically in the same order as it has been composed, except for the six first measures of introduction. At measures 6 to 10, a first theme – Subject 1 – set a positive tone, and the tonality of B-flat major. As this Subject 1 was initially a discarded closing cadence, it seems to already conclude the piece at it’s very beginning. I’ve found this event in the garbage of an old file for string quartet of mine. As it sounded great – i.e. the string quartet soundfont combination itself - I started to compose something from it, just to test these soundfonts furthermore. ♪♫ This piece is an interesting example of how a theme can get forged almost on its own, from simply combining rythmic pattern and ornemental motive. An energic Subject 2 erupts from measures 10 to 14, to contradict the conclusive character of Subject 1. I used this same quite Mozartian succession of four chords in the first movement of the piano concerto I was working on these last months, which shows how innocent was my test of these soundfonts here… And as these soundfonts worked well enough, I couldn’t help but keeping on unwinding the ideas. ♪♫ From 18 to 20, the conclusion of the Subject 2 developing part provides a new rythmic pattern to the piece and a new third little motive, the Subject 3, which is heard at 22. The relation between the rythmic pattern and the ornemental motive is developed along a few measures, then is delicately summarized by the phrase at measure 20. At measures 23 to 31, as a confirmation, Subject 2 gets longer and melodic, for a singing moment. Then things get tense, and at 31, Subject 3 is developed in an emotional passage, until the break at 42, when the tempo slows down and the introducing Subject 1 returns, setting back the initial tonality of B-flat major, which naturally concludes this short piece.