Concertante String Sextet

FOR DEAR LIFE—LINDA’S MUSIC for String Sextet (2011)

PROGRAM NOTE I began writing this short work for string sextet at the request of Claude Chemtob, Linda Shapiro’s husband, as a surprise gift for Linda’s for her sixtieth birthday. At that point Linda was battling heroically the lung cancer which she had thought she had conquered several years earlier. A birthday party was planned—it…
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LYRE OF ORPHEUS for String Sextet (2008)

PROGRAM NOTE Lyre of Orpheus was composed for Concertante, the New York-based string sextet, for its ONE PLUS FIVE Project, a three-year, six-composer commissioning project designed to create six string sextets, each featuring one of Concertante core players. This particular commission was made with the goal of giving center-stage to the ensemble’s first cello (Concertante’s…
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FOR DEAR LIFE—LINDA’S MUSIC for String Sextet (2011)

LYRE OF ORPHEUS for String Sextet (2008)