September 8, 2014

DISPLACE for string quartet

PROGRAM NOTE
Displace (2001) was written for the Eppes Quartet. The work is based on a short solo flute passage taken from the orchestral version of Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante defunte. This melancholy melody is freely treated in different musical textures over the pieces seven minute duration.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Esterhazy Quartet (premiere) | April 5, 2002 | UM-Columbia Festival of New Music
Quartet alla Turka | April 17, 2002 | Lindsay Recital Hall, Tallahassee, FL
Eppes Quartet | April 11, 2003 | Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL
Eppes Quartet | April 24, 2003 | Lindsay Recital, Tallahassee, FL
Sirius String Quartet | March 19, 2005 | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music