movement  I


movement II


instrumentation: flute (doubling on piccolo),
clarinet in Bb (doubling bass clarinet), violin,
cello, piano, percussion, and electronics.

duration: 10 minutes.






lamento
for sextet and electronics
2016


Written for the [Switch~ Ensemble], lamento is a work immersed in musico-historical pianto and lament-like gestures and motifs, constantly reconfigured in color and in intervallic increments. As the work progresses, microtonal intervals created by the meta-instruments (piano, glockenspiel and vibraphone) become ever smaller—a symbolic gesture of pleading.

The piece is currently a work in progress with an intended third movement that references the vernacular instrumental music from Brazil called chorinho, which literally translates to “little cry”, or “little lament”.


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