Sunset is a slow, expressive single-movement work for string quartet with harmonies reminiscent of Aaron Copland. I composed it for my wife Arlene before we married, while I attended graduate school.

Rhythmically, the most challenging aspect of the music is a four-against-three polyrhythm that comes up from time to time. There are a few brief metric shifts, but for the most part the piece is in triple meter.