Janáček: Mládí (arr. for string quartet)
Composer: Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Instrumentation (this edition): String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Originally for: Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Bass Clarinet Work: Mládí (Youth), JW VII/10 Binding: ISMN: 9790260108509 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 40 Description This piece reflects Janáček's memories of childhood and youth in his native Hukvaldy and the Augustinian Abbey in Brno. Kryštof Maratka, a Czech composer resident in France and a great admirer of Janáček, has arranged the original version to produce a welcome addition to the string quartet repertoire. Youth for wind sextet, is a masterpiece from Janáček's late period (1924). Maratka has successfully managed to transform the concise winds' sound that give this work its unique flavour into the timbre of the strings, thereby creating a "third string quartet" of the composer.