This single-movement quartet was commissioned by the Cardiff University Quartet on 25 April 1968. It was dedicated to Mathias' colleague and composer Alun Hoddinott and his wife Rhiannon.
SKU: OU.9780193577671
ISBN 9780193577671. 12 x 8 inches.
Mathias' third and final quartet was commissioned by the 1986 Harrogate International Festival and premiered there in August that year by the Medici Quartet. It has three movements: the first takes the form of a sonata, the second starts off as mysterious and lyrical and moves into a fiery climax, and the third uses exciting fugal passages and 'scherzando' sections, which make for a thrilling conclusion.
SKU: OU.9780193577619
ISBN 9780193577619. 12 x 8 inches.
SKU: OU.9780193577794
ISBN 9780193577794. 12 x 8 inches.
For string quartet.