4 x 4
by Julien-Francois Zbinden
Flute - Sheet Music

Flute, trumpet, contrabass and piano - Grade 4

SKU: ET.MCX30

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Composed 2002. Duration 14'30''. Editions BIM #MCX30. Published by Editions BIM (ET.MCX30).

ISBN 9790207024220.

4 x 4 has been commissionned by the Helvet’Quartet and is accordingly in four mouvements.

The first mouvement - Allegro commodo - starts vehemently, moving on to a lyrical sequence, intermitted by rhythmical elements. A contrabass cadenza and a quasi romantic passage lead back to the opening theme.

The second mouvement - Lento sostenuto - is inspired by the jazz blues.

Mouvement three - Scherzando leggero - begins with a musically fragmented material, moves on with a rhythmic middle part back to the fragments of the beginning.

The last mouvement - Lento, Presto - opens with a quadruple cadenza with special focus on the contrabass. A fugato, in a progressive counterpoint of all four parts, leads the work to a ballsy finish.