Fictitious Hum
(2007)
for flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet
to Prague Philharmonia Ensemble
commissioned by Deutschlandfunk und Philharmonie Essen
first performance
Prague Philharmonia Ensemble
15/6/2007 » Philharmonie Essen, Essen
durata » 12′
Like Some Old fashioned Miracle When Summertime is done -- Seems Summer's Recollection And the Affairs of June As infinite Tradition As Cinderella's Bays -- Or Little John -- of Lincoln Green -- Or Blue Beard's Galleries -- Her Bees have a fictitious Hum -- Her Blossoms, like a Dream -- Elate us -- till we almost weep -- So plausible -- they seem -- Her Memories like Strains -- Review -- When Orchestra is dumb -- The Violin in Baize replaced -- And Ear -- and Heaven -- numb -- (Emily Dickinson)