for violin & chamber orchestra (2024)
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PROGRAMNOTE
Earth ismycontributiontothe“Elements”project,asuite involvingvecomposers whichwascommissionedbyJoshua BellandpremieredinAugust2023.Thepiecebegins onsolid ground,witharepeatingfour-noteostinatooverwhichthesolo violinandthe orchestralviolinstrade lyricalphrases.This openingideawasdrawnfrommy Violin Concerto (2006) but takesadifferentjourney here,eventually "takingight" for a brief period.Beyondthe fundamentalsenseof stability andendurance the element earth suggestedtome, Ihope themusic also conveys amorespiritualreverence forthe planet Earthitself.