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Imagined Tango

June 19, 2019

A miniature duet scored for flute and harp. (Audio is a concert performance by Erëmira Çitaku, flute & Cagatay Akyol, harp at the June 19, 2019 Flute Sound concert at the National Library of Kosovo in Prishtinë, Kosovë)

Message Exchange

January 13, 2019

A duet for solo wind (or brass) and marimba in two continuous movements.
I. That’s What I Heard
II. Are You Sure?

(audio is a midi realization of the version for Alto Flute and Marimba)

Just beyond Reach

July 30, 2018

Program Note: Composed near the end of my mother’s long descent into dementia, as witness, I sought a release of wordless expression and reflection through music. –RW (Audio is a midi realization)

Configurations

July 30, 2018

(Audio is a midi realization)

Changing By Turns

July 1, 2016

(Audio is a midi realization)

These Days

May 18, 2016

Soprano, Minkyung Lee beautifully captures the emotional essence of this song in her stunning performance on the Lux Musicae “Soloists” April 4, 2017 concert program at the Palmetto Center for the Arts.
These days – text

At Night

May 18, 2016

A reflection and questioning of life transitions and loves. At Night-text
Video features a recent InterXChange concert performance by Melanie Mitrano, with Gerson Galante on clarinet in São Paulo, Brazil. (A score of this version is available to purchase via the Score link.)
SoundCloud track is the world premiere performance by mezzo-soprano Donna Balson.

Winter’s Solitude

May 18, 2016

Program note: Clear, cold light and quiet introspection infuse two moods of existential contemplation on a winter’s day.
(Audio is a concert performance at Turtle Bay Music School, NYC.)

Why Is It?

May 18, 2016

Program note: A moment’s questioning of an emotional circumstance.
(Audio is a concert performance at Turtle Bay Music School, NYC)

Rhythm Modes

May 18, 2016

2001 Concert video features: Vita Wallace & Theresa Salomon, vlns; Liuh-Wen Ting, vla; Ariane Lallemand, vc.
2015 CD Release: ELEMENTS RISING, Navona Records features Moravian Philharmonic musicians: Vit Muzik, Jakab Látal, violins; Dominika Muzikova, viola; Marian Pavlik, cello.
Program Note: The “modes” in Rhythm Modes include clocklike ostinato, canonic imitation and repetitions out of phase with either the meter or another instrument’s version of the same line. These rhythmic “modes” play upon the surface of the music in a lively intertwining of motives and melodies.

Only to Ask

May 18, 2016

Audio is a recent concert performance by Vent Nouveau, with Katrina Owens, flute; Kristen Mather, clarinet; Briana Lehman, bassoon.

On Curious Reflection

May 18, 2016

A curious reflection on the emotional immediacy of a moment, and the more distanced self-observation in the moment. – RW
(Audio features concert performance by Nathan Shew, marimba, and Topher Ruggerio, piano, at the 2014 SCI National Conference.)

Night Stream

May 18, 2016

Released 2015: ELEMENTS RISING, PARMA Recordings, Moravian Philharmonic violinists: Antonín Hradil, and Jakab Látal
Program Note: Reflecting on the flow of life and time, imagined impressionistically as lights streaming across a rain-streaked window on a late night taxi ride through city streets. –RW
(First track features violinists, Sylvia Ahramjian and Emily Hanna Crane performing at the 2014 PARMA Music Festival)

Moving Through Shadows & Light

May 18, 2016

A passage through an emotional landscape, moving through memories – at moments dark and remote, other times lucid. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization)

Moonlit Mists

May 18, 2016

An impressionistic duet for marimba and piano. (Audio is a midi realization)

Jilted Tango – duet

May 18, 2016

This is a lovely concert video of at the Seoul Performing Arts Center. She’s such an exquisitely skilled violinist.
Jilted Tango is included on Moonkyung Lee’s Navona Records album, PARTS TO PLAY.
Program Note: The give and take in a dance of love. -RW

In Conversation

May 18, 2016

Duets for a Duo

May 18, 2016

Video is a lovely performance by Aimee Toner and Megan Tracy at the The Muse’s Voice concert, October 31, 2018, Barnard College, NYC.
Two movements with only a brief pause between.
I. Reconsidering, “In a contemplative mood… a lingering premonition that something may not be what it seems and must be reconsidered on a deeper level.”
II. Amidst Confusion, “An emotional struggle that cannot be easily resolved amidst prevailing confusion.”

Check out this recording by 2Flutes: Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar on their New York Tapestries album.

Confidentially

May 18, 2016

A brief intimacy of a shared moment in confidence. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization of the version for bassoon and cello.)

A Turn in Return

May 18, 2016

Originally composed as a submission to Hilary Hahn’s Encore Project call for scores, it is a quietly tender piece that has stayed close to my heart. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization)

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