Beginnings (2012)

For 2 Violins, viola, cello, double bass, and Piano 4 Hands

7 minutes

 

Program Notes

I wrote Beginnings for the final concert of Ensemble ACJW’s 2011-12 season. Endings are often beginnings and this thought immediately made me think of beginnings in my own life. With that in mind I dedicated this piece to my then fiance and now wife, Laura.

Beginnings was commissioned by The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—and premiered June 10, 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY, by Ensemble ACJW.

Recording by Timo Andres and David Kaplan, Piano, Rachel Lee, Violin, Tema Watstein, Violin, Edwin Kaplan, Viola, Yves Dharamraj, Cello, and Brian Ellingsen, Bass.

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Performances

June 21, 2015 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI. Anton Nel, Ran Dank, Kevin Brown, Excelsa Quartet.

November 18, 2013 DROM, New York, NY. The Decoda.

November 17, 2013 Lyrica Chamber Music Series, Chatam, NJ. The Decoda.

August 20, 2013 Caldwell Presbyterian Church, Lake George, NY. Musicians from the Lake George Music Festival.

June 10, 2012 Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY. Ensemble ACJW.