String Quartet No.3: The Questioning

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Commissioned by the Afiara String Quartet with a grant from the Ontario Arts Council, String Quartet No. 3 (The Questioning) was composed during January and July 2013. Initially, t he quartet had a different subtitle (“The Thanksgiving”). Hatzis’ creative intentions were different too. Being a person of strong religious faith, he wanted this work to be a spiritual thanksgiving for all the wonderful gifts that he have been blessed with in this life, but, during the course of the composition, and influenced by circumstances within his close circle of friends, he felt drawn to explore the psychological conditions which ultimately lead one to atheism. Show more