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Curve (string quartet) (1996)
First Performance

March 1997 Ceruti String Quartet
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York, NY

Instrumentation

string quartet

Duration

15'

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Curve

Program Notes

Curve is commissioned by Ceruti String Quartet. A general sense of spiritual longing is where Curve comes from. It starts and ends with sections that are airy, ethereal, longing, spiritual and with a certain sense of peace. The breakout takes place in the middle which contains fast sections with a synthesis of raw qualities found in the music of the Balkan’s and rock-and-roll. The work is in one continuous movement. The title is a reflection of my preoccupation with architectural shapes associated with spiritual structures. Other such works are Domes for orchestra and Arches for chamber ensemble.