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Entries from November 2018

Squall

November 25th, 2018 · Comments Off on Squall

Another piece from my student days: a brief outburst for flute, ‘cello, and piano four hands. I was 17 at the time.

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Trio

November 19th, 2018 · Comments Off on Trio

A short trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, with a few notes for offstage violin, just to confuse the audience. I wrote this when I was 17; it’s been recopied for legibility.

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A Prayer

November 14th, 2018 · Comments Off on A Prayer

A setting for women’s voices of a brief prayer by Benjamin DeCasseres: Give me this day a corroding doubt and deliver me from single-mindedness and all faith that I may scan the Centre from each point on the marvellous Circle and scan each point on the Circle from the illusive Centre; and let not my […]

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String Quartet 11: In Three Parts

November 4th, 2018 · Comments Off on String Quartet 11: In Three Parts

The eleventh string quartet is a revision of one I wrote back in 1988. It has three movements, each 59 measures long.

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