PROGRAM NOTE
The Da Capo Chamber Players’ invitation to a group of composers/friends of the ensemble to write a short piece incorporating, in any way desired, the group’s name into its format, turned out to be an interesting challenge.
Repetition is the essence of comprehensibility. But — Da Capo, today? While the initial temptation was to use the term loosely, I found myself intrigued by the idea of having strict repetition, without giving the appearance of arbitrary formalism. My solution: there are three brief Da Capo sections interlaced into the piece in a 1-2-1-3-2-3 sequence. 1 and 2 appear at key points structurally. 3 is more transitory and ornamental. They are essential, for they give the piece coherence, but they may or may not be consciously perceived as repetitions on first hearing. They are my private game. Enough said.
—Shulamit Ran
INFORMATION
Commissioned by Da Capo Chamber Players
in celebration of the ensemble’s 10th Anniversary Season
First performance: March 23, 1980
Alice Tully Hall, NYC
Laura Flax and André Emelianoff
Da Capo Chamber Players
RECORDINGS
Laura Flax, clarinet; André Emelianoff, cello; on Music of Shulamit Ran, made possible with support of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Composers Award Recording, Composers Recording Inc. (CRI), CD 609
Laura Flax, clarinet; André Emelianoff, cello; on Da Capo Chamber Players’ Music by Shulamit Ran, Bridge BCD 9052