Second City

(2007)

Mixed quintet

Instrumentation:

voice
contrabass/alto recorder
contrabass flute/flute
trumpet
piano

Duration: 12'

Written for Hexnut
Commissioned by the Music at the Anthology Festival, NY

Texts by Robert Glick and from the Bible: Ecclesiastes – A Time for Everything
First performance: MATA, Brooklyn, NY March 21st, 2007

Ricocheting tempi combined with sometimes acrid, piercing sonorities to conclude some of the most satisfying music of the night.

– Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb International, March 2007