Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

YEARNING for solo violin and strings with cello obbligato (1995/2016)

PROGRAM NOTE When violinist Edna Michell first spoke to me about the theme of her project to honor the late Lord Yehudi Menuhin on the occasion of his 80th birthday, I found its core idea more than a little daunting: in tribute to Menuhin’s own life and aspirations, compose a short Romance-type piece that would…
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CONCERTO DA CAMERA II for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano (1987)

Concerto da Camera II is a work for six instruments which may be further grouped into three separate entities: clarinet, string quartet, and piano. In this combination, chosen by the work’s commissioning organizations (the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in conjunction with Mount Holyoke College), lies the work’s first challenge. While pairings of any…
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YEARNING for solo violin and strings with cello obbligato (1995/2016)

CONCERTO DA CAMERA II for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano (1987)

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