Three short waltzes written for pianist Judith Gordon. Each dance reflects and modulates the idea of waltz in a slightly different (and slightly askew) way. The titles each have a double meaning:
• Gooseberry is both a delicious little berry and a British slang term that loosely translates to ""third-wheel." The waltz is full of both longing and awkwardness.
• Wormwood is an ornamental perennial (artemesia) as well as an ingredient in absinthe. This waltz is an imagined belle époque barroom full of slurred philosophy and cigarette smoke.
• Lady Slippers are an endangered orchid found in the northern woods of the United States and Canada. As a child I was told to be very careful if I ever found one in my wanderings. For me they represent something magical and remote, and remind me of enchanted afternoons spent in the New Hampshire pine forests.
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