Hey! You! I’m not on yer dang cloud!
— Postcards From Red Squirrel Trail
The Beach Boys: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older?”
Me: “Just wait a couple of years, boys.”
While the sextet dates are not yet pencilable I’ve been mulling our next King’s Chapel concert as a quartet. On the docket at the outset:
Frank Warren, Quartet # 3, Op. 119 (6'30)
Chris Forbes, Pillars of Creation (9')
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, new piece t/b/d
Henning, Cape of Good Nope (6')
The concert falls on what would have been my sister’s 62nd birthday, so the temptation to adapt the Lamentatio pro sorore sua (3') for C Flute and Alto Flute was not to be resisted. I’ve also tweaked the scoring of Dark Side of the Sun (8'30, composed before we recruited Greta) essentially swapping Bassoon for the Double-Bass. I began composing One for Ahmad in the spring but pretty much neglected it since. Fresh ideas came a couple of days ago. It would serve as a most suitable close to the program.
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