String Quartet No. 3: Missa Brevis

For: 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Year: 2003

Duration: 16’

First Performance: 16 November 2024, Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, Kresge Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

Dedication: "For the Voxare String Quartet."

Publisher: Peermusic Classical

Program Note:

The quartet's sequence of interlocking movements follows those of the traditional Mass. The harmonies and tune of J.S. Bach's choral, "Ach, wie fluchtig, ach wie nichtig" serve as an idee fixe that is alluded to and recontextualized as the work evolves.