Kats-Chernin, Elena - Second Door on the Left
Instrumentation: String Quartet
ISMN: 9790202533444
ISBN: 9783793140276
Catalogue Code: BB 3344
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
The piece was written when Elena Kats-Chernin’s youngest son Nick asked that, after all the family and friends, she should write a piece for him. The title refers to Nick’s room in their home house, through the walls of which he always heard his mother composing at the piano. Elena Kats-Chernin then improvised until her son was satisfied with her musical ‘offers’. With its constantly changing harmony built around a repeated rhythmic pattern, Second Door on the Left uses one of the composer’s favourite techniques.