| Notice (en) : |
4/4 was prompted by watching television images of victims of the war in Kosovo, and is dedicated to these victims. A bunch of physically and psychologically gravely harmed individuals meet. Each is suffering from their own wounds or demons. They have lost so much that normal social behaviour seems hardly possible. Although attempts at communication do take place and the monologues do correspond in several ways, these characters mainly talk at cross-purposes. As a result, 4/4 is not a string quartet in the traditional sense. The title refers to the fragmented nature of the quartet: the piece is actually a tragi-comic combination of four solo discourses. Finally, towards the end, a real, unified string quartet is heard as if it falls out of the sky. But something is still wrong… |