Paper Wings
for solo violin
Instr:
solo vln
Date:
2009
Duration:
5'30"
Performances:
* Performance at the "Muse's Voice" concert, Barnard College, NYC; * Lynn Bechtold, the Poets House, NYC; * Premiere: Michael Braudy, American Center, Kolkata, India
Video is a performance by Emily Kimura recorded at The Muse’s Voice concert, October 31, 2018, Barnard College, NYC.
Program note: Paper Wings is dedicated to my mother, Nancy Bondurant Jones, who, among many other lifetime accomplishments, was a writer. The title is in tribute to how her writings continually strengthened her resolve and lifted her spirits, as if with “paper wings”. –RW
(Originally composed for Michael Braudy’s request for a piece for solo violin.)