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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'

Listen

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.