Paper Wings
for solo violin
Instr:
solo vln
Date:
2009
Duration:
5'30"
Performances:
* 2021: Audrey Wright, "Beyond Bach" concert, An Die Musik Live!, Baltimore, MD; * 2018: Emily Kimura, "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 Audrey Wright recorded at An Die Musik livestream and with a concert audience, May 16, 2021, Baltimore, MD. This was the second event in Audrey Wright’s four-concert “Beyond Bach” series for solo violin.
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 added meaning to her life, 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.)
