This is the second movement of Andrew List's String Quartet No. 5, titled "Time Cycles". Written in 2015, this string quartet is made up of five movements based on texts by TS Eliot. About this movement, entitled "Frantic", Mr. List quotes the following:

"At the still point of the turning world, neither ﬂesh nor ﬂeshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is."
-from TS Eliot's 'Burnt Norton'

String Quartet No. 5 "Time Cycles" - ii. Frantic

With 45 world premieres to its credit and 100+ concert works played throughout the United States, South America, and Europe, the iconoclastic Beo String Quartet does what it loves best: playing classical repertoire, contemporary, rock, and experimental music. From the Latin “to make happy,” Beo started out as a lark. Two Mexican-American brothers, Jason Neukom and Sean Neukom, decided to record a song entitled “Happy, Happy,” composed by Sean, but for that they would need two more players. And so in 2015 the Beo String Quartet was formed. Touring the world, composing, performing, recording, teaching, and having fun, Beo has since then founded Beo Publishing, built a recording studio, and started its own recording label, NeuKraft Records.