Instrumentation: flute, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon; horn in F, Bb trumpet (with mutes); percussion (one player): timpani, large tam-tam, suspended cymbal, wood block, and claves; strings (3-3-2-2-1 or string quintet)
Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC)
Premiered: March 10, 1985, Princeton, NJ
Musicians: Chamber Symphony of Princeton; Portia Sonnenfeld, conductor; Alice Artzt, soloist
Duration: 18 minutes
The work has a number of highly lyrical passages interspersed with spiky segments, all combining into a constantly absorbing whole.
