Memories of Place

for chamber orchestra or ensemble

Instr:

fl, ob, cl, bsn, vln1, vln2, vla, vc, cb (alt. version: Chamber Orchestra)

Duration:

12'

Performances:

Premiered 2011: North/South Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz, conductor, New York, NY

Program note: Memories of Place arose from emotional memories of a time traveling and living in Greece, Egypt and Turkey. It is a recollection of that time, not as a literal transcription of melodies, but rather as an emotional memory of aural textures, painted with a broad brush of modal sound. –RW