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Elegy for Strings
Instrumentation:
strings
Duration:
4:00
Year
Composed:
2009
Arrangement
for string orchestra of the Elegy from Six Pieces for piano solo.
Audio Samples
(middle)
Program Notes
A slow, dark work with stark contrapuntal lines woven into a web of
extensive string divisi, the plaintive Elegy for Strings invites
comparison to Samuel Barber's famous Adagio for Strings. The tone
here, however, though not without some glimmers of light, is notably
bleaker. It shares some of the intensity of Barber's work but if it
speaks of calm at all, it is an uneasy one. Arranged by the composer
for the strings of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Elegy was
originally written for solo piano, the third piece in the set Six
Pieces (2007).
Performances
Nov 20, 2011—University of Alberta Academy Strings, cond. Petar Dundjerski,
Convocation Hall, U of A (Edmonton, AB)
Aug 21, 2010—CBC Radio 2 broadcast on "The Signal" (Laurie Brown)
Mar 5, 2010—CBC Radio 2 broadcast on "The Signal" (Laurie Brown)
Feb 5, 2010—Windsor Symphony Orchestra, cond. John Morris Russell,
Armouries (Windsor, ON)
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