performer(s):
David Nicholson, flute, Elunid Pierce, harp
scoring:
flute and harp
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programme note:
Three Dirges was written in August 1993 while I was
in residence at the Marlboro Music Festival. Each movement, while different
in material and character, has a similar harmonic idea woven into it. This
is particularly obvious at each end of the first movement, and the end of
the second and third. The first movement is mysterious and rhapsodic, the
second is a faster moto perpetuo, while the third is the simplest, sounding
calm and reflective. The work is dedicated to the memory of Saeed Montazery,
who died in March, 1993.