Melia Watras

MELIA WATRAS: RAPSODIA
for string quartet (2024)

World Premiere: Coming soon

Duration: 10:11

Program Notes:
In Rapsodia, I expanded material and techniques from my composition for two violins, Sphere, written for the celebrated artist, industrial and architectural designer Ron Arad’s installation, The Quartet, at the Royal Academy Exhibition Summer 2024, in London.  

 Rapsodia features all four instruments playing independently, lining up at certain structural points. The resulting combinations give the work, at times, rhythmic complexity while simultaneously maintaining a sense of simplicity within each voice’s line.

—Melia Watras