Theme and Variations on a Beloved TunE
Duration ca. 15' (2008)
viola and piano
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Commissioned by Ms. Sarah Lowenstein.
Premiered by Sarah Lowenstein, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 31, 2008.
Other performances: Sarah Lowenstein, An die Musik, Baltimore, MD, January 30, 2011; Peter Minkler and Lura Johnson, Music in the Great Hall Series, Unitarian Universalist Church, Towson, MD, October 23, 2011; Peter Minkler and Lura Johnson, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda, MD, October 22, 2012; Peter Minkler and Lura Johnson, Chamber Music by Candlelight, Second Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD, October 28, 2012.
Program Note
Commissioned in memory of Toby Eagle, a young violinist killed in a car accident, Theme and Variations on a Beloved Tune was written in 2007. The theme and variations is based on a Jewish melody, nigun, a favorite of Toby’s. After the introduction, the theme is presented, followed by four extended variations and a finale.