La Cuna

A quartet for two pianos and two percussinists: “La Cuna”.

This music is not the high-octane virtuosic style that I’m generally known for. I put time into refining these three movements and making them as transparent as possible. I’ve also tried to give all instruments space to sound and be appreciated for their individual timbres.

These were new challenges for me - allowing space, avoiding gratuitous spectacle and virtuosity, and allowing breathing room in each part so that each member of the ensemble has the possibility of enjoying their companions’ parts, while performing their own.

There is a Soundcloud playlist with the demo audio here: 

The work was commissioned by a consortium of musicians areound the world:

Airi Neudorfer

Alessandro di Giulio

Beth Chen, Jeremy Fitzsimons, Nicole Chao, and Naoto Segawa

Corey Hamm

Edoardo Giachino

Huizi Wang

John Parks

Lukas Bohm

Maria Asteriadou

Scott Herring

Twincussion

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