Standing Waves by Sofía Rocha published on 2021-02-14T21:22:15Z In writing this work, I wished to provide a space for all the members of the string quartet to have soloistic moments, as well as extended melodic passages, so that the whole quartet is involved and at the forefront. The first movement has strong tonal elements, while the second abandons them. Both, however, have a strong emphasis on lyricism and texture, and beyond that a certain affiliation with romanticism. The name comes from the type of wave, which happens to be the medium of sound, but besides also has a certain longingness to it. The standing wave appears in motion but is static in space—likewise there are elements in the quartet that move only within their own realm but remain static in their relation to their surroundings. Recording by JACK Quartet | https://jackquartet.com/ Recorded at the Oktaven Audio Studio Genre Classical