String Quartet No.2, Op.16

Category		Chamber Music > String Quartets
Composed		1974-1976
Duration (approx)		16 minutes
Notes		Elegy, Op.16a, is a version of the third movement of this quartet for chamber orchestra.
Related Works		Elegy, Op.16a
Recording(s)		David Matthews - Complete String Quartets, Volume Three
Publisher		Faber Music
First performance		22 February 1982
Venue		Waterloo Room, London
Orchestra / Ensemble		Medici String Quartet
Review		pW.D., The Daily Telegraph, 23 February 1982
		The modest, eloquent first movement is followed by a savage scherzo whose rhythmic resource makes rock music seem tame.