Walking on Wires
for wind & strings
Inst:
bsn, strings
Duration:
6'
Performances:
Premiered 1999: Sirius String Quartet, Concert of works, NYC
An anxious lament for love lost. The emotional context begins from a point of sadness and feeling that there is no escape, then transmutes into edgy feelings of anger against the emotional pain. It takes musical inspiration from the plainsong, “Dies Irae”.