Mixed Times of Yearning
a miniature for solo string
Inst:
viola or cello
Date:
2014
Duration:
1'40
Performances:
2/1/2018 World Premiere: Karen Bentley Pollick, viola, Chapel Performance Space of Good Shepherd Center Seattle, WA
Originally composed in response to a call for viola miniatures and additionally reworked as a version for solo cello. – It is an interesting challenge to compose a work that is meant to fit within a very short timeframe, and have it stand as a complete piece of music that moves through a sense of emotional depth and development. The title refers not only to the mixed time signatures within the music, but also to a brief expression of mixed poignancies of yearnings encountered at different times in one’s life. – RW
Video features the premiere of the viola version performed by Karen Bentley Pollick so beautifully.
(Also this SoundCloud track is a midi realization of the cello version.)
