duration:
5min
instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass and piano
premiere: Chamber Music Society of Minnesota: Joseph Peters, oboe; Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet; Young-Nam Kim, violin; Helen Chang Haertzen, violin; Thomas Turner, viola; Silver Ainomae, cello; Kathryn Nettleman, bass; Mary Jo Gothmann, piano at Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN on 04/02/2017
commissioned: Linda and Jack Hoeschler
Written in honor of conductor and composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, the piece is framed by chaconne-like chordal masses, a Romani minor-inspired dance and closes with a flowing lyrical section.