Richard Peirson – Allegro Risotto (String Quartet) – Score Digital Download

Written in London and premiered at the Cheltenham Festival by the New London String Quartet in July 1952. For professionals and advanced students.

This quartet evokes the sounds and attitudes of The Big Apple

A solid, serious work for aspiring string quartets or established groups, this piece was the subject of a master class from the Wihan Quartet from the Czech Republic. The quartet, inspired by Janáček's Intimate Letters quartet, was similarly inspired by letters from a woman to her lover. It is scored in three contrasting movements consisting of a gestural first movement, a slow arch form second movement and a fiery syncopated 5/4 finale.