In the Second Strong Quartet, the creation of contrasts plays a central role. The work may be described as kaleidoscopic: a one-movement composition with constantly changing colours and moods, rooted in 2 different musical ideas. In the first, thematic development is central. The second idea is based on the representation of a sound-amalgam. The overall impression is paramount here, and the sound is, as it were, intangible. The work is a layering of different rhythmic and melodic elements that are constantly in movement. The so-called
