String Quartet No. 2 (KATO Yuitiro)


Music of this video is "String Quartet No. 2" and is a tune KATO Yuitiro created in 2008. A string quartet is chamber music that is made up of movements and is played by 4 stringed instrument. This tune is made up of 4 movements. The style of this tune is more like Renaissance counterpoint, which is represented by Palestrina, than baroque counterpoint, which is represented by BACH. A characteristic of this tune is 64 short melodies a cellist plays like a passacaglia. The performance of this tune is due to computer music that is based on MIDI. Composition of musical instruments is 3 violas and 1 cello.

The painting of this video is Raffaello SANZIO's "The Marriage of the Virgin": The central left woman is the Virgin Mary; The central right man is St. Joseph.

Newer: String Quartet No. 3 (KATO Yuitiro)

Older: String Quartet No. 1 (KATO Yuitiro)

日本語: 弦楽四重奏曲第 2 番 (加藤雄一郎)