Pervigilium (de Strepito et Tumulto)
The title means: Pervigilium - A watching all night; a vigil; in pathology, disinclination to sleep; wakefulness
Strepito - noise; stress
Tumulto - tumult, commotion.
This is a descriptive quintet about restless nights and inner turmoil when I was an undergraduate at the University of California in Santa Barbara. At the time it was being composed, I lived in an apartment building where the tenants below me were destroying their apartment (literally breaking glasses, windows, cabinets, etc.) every evening for months, the person to the right enjoyed playing "Muzak" very loudly at 3:00 a.m., and where my neighbor to the left had several visitors who frequently insisted on coming at all hours of the night to play percussion on his door.
This piece was dedicated to Betty Oberacker and to the musicians and friends who have been privileged to work with her.
Players in his performance:
Flute - Margaret Lund
Violin - Jane Hemenway
Viola - Melinda Raynes
Cello - Clovice A. Lewis, Jr.
Keyboards - William Kuselak
Strepito - noise; stress
Tumulto - tumult, commotion.
This is a descriptive quintet about restless nights and inner turmoil when I was an undergraduate at the University of California in Santa Barbara. At the time it was being composed, I lived in an apartment building where the tenants below me were destroying their apartment (literally breaking glasses, windows, cabinets, etc.) every evening for months, the person to the right enjoyed playing "Muzak" very loudly at 3:00 a.m., and where my neighbor to the left had several visitors who frequently insisted on coming at all hours of the night to play percussion on his door.
This piece was dedicated to Betty Oberacker and to the musicians and friends who have been privileged to work with her.
Players in his performance:
Flute - Margaret Lund
Violin - Jane Hemenway
Viola - Melinda Raynes
Cello - Clovice A. Lewis, Jr.
Keyboards - William Kuselak
Tonality - 60%
Difficulty - Professional
Difficulty - Professional
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