Quartet for One by Garth Knox

A locked-down viola player's answer to confinement : - invent three imaginary friends and play string quartets with them !
Each string of the viola corresponds to an instrument: C string (here tuned down to low A) is the cello, G string is the viola, D string is second violin and the top A string is (of course!) the first violin.
Each of the four movements is led by a different instrument:
1: Nervous - solo viola - 00:25
2: Expressivo - cello and viola - 02:00
3: Gently Sentimental Waltz - 2nd violin, viola and cello - 03:25
4: Virtuoso - quartet - 04:30
Performed live at the Conservatoire de Romainville in December 2020 by Garth Knox, viola, cello, violins
Video by Michele Guerrieri assisted by Francesco Briguglio
sound by François Longo
Thanks to Est Ensemble and Patrice Rault
Quartet for One was commissioned by the Viola Commissioning Circle and is dedicated to Lawrence Power, who gave the first performance in the (totally empty) Royal Festival Hall, London in
June 2020 : • Lockdown Commission # ...
The sheet music is published by Schott and is available here: en.schott-musi...