A curious reflection on the emotional immediacy of a moment, and the more distanced self-observation in the moment. – RW
(Audio features concert performance by Nathan Shew, marimba, and Topher Ruggerio, piano, at the 2014 SCI National Conference.)
Night Stream
Released 2015: ELEMENTS RISING, PARMA Recordings, Moravian Philharmonic violinists: Antonín Hradil, and Jakab Látal
Program Note: Reflecting on the flow of life and time, imagined impressionistically as lights streaming across a rain-streaked window on a late night taxi ride through city streets. –RW
(First track features violinists, Sylvia Ahramjian and Emily Hanna Crane performing at the 2014 PARMA Music Festival)
Moonlit Mists
An impressionistic duet for marimba and piano. (Audio is a midi realization)
Jilted Tango – duet
This is a lovely concert video of at the Seoul Performing Arts Center. She’s such an exquisitely skilled violinist.
Jilted Tango is included on Moonkyung Lee’s Navona Records album, PARTS TO PLAY.
Program Note: The give and take in a dance of love. -RW
In Conversation
Duets for a Duo
Video is a lovely performance by Aimee Toner and Megan Tracy at the The Muse’s Voice concert, October 31, 2018, Barnard College, NYC.
Two movements with only a brief pause between.
I. Reconsidering, “In a contemplative mood… a lingering premonition that something may not be what it seems and must be reconsidered on a deeper level.”
II. Amidst Confusion, “An emotional struggle that cannot be easily resolved amidst prevailing confusion.”
Check out this recording by 2Flutes: Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar on their New York Tapestries album.
Confidentially
A brief intimacy of a shared moment in confidence. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization of the version for bassoon and cello.)
A Turn in Return
Originally composed as a submission to Hilary Hahn’s Encore Project call for scores, it is a quietly tender piece that has stayed close to my heart. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization)
A Dance of Two
(Audio features violinists, Anna Cromwell & Lisa Nelson from the Albany Records release “Dancing on Glass“)
This work was expanded into the orchestral work, Within a Dance – a tone poem of love, included on Dream Vapors, Navona Records.
This work was also premiered as a version for an ensemble of violinists taking the two parts, led by violinist, Sylvia Ahramjian at the Encontro Internacional de Cordas Festival in Brazil.
