Description
Duration: 7′
Premiere (double bass version)
April 20, 2019
Student Recital
Bard Conservatory
Annandale on Hudson, NY
Nathaniel Savage, double bass
Liri Ronen, piano
Program Notes:
This piece was composed in April 2014 and adapted for bass in 2019. It follows the general ABA form of a nocturne, though both of the first two parts contain a development section. The A section makes use of the octatonic scale, and the B section relaxes somewhat into Ab major. This very intense piece could be considered a prayer without words. “When we do not know what to pray, the Spirit speaks to God for us with feelings that are too deep for words.” Romans 8:26, paraphrased.
The original version was written for violin in 2014 and was adapted for double bass in 2018 at the request of my son, Nathaniel, a bassist.
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