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| interwoven graces | |
| Date Completed: | February 10, 2010 |
| Duration: | about 4 minutes |
| Instrumentation: | violin, cello and piano |
| First Performance: | Finisterra Piano Trio - Simon James, violin, Kevin Krentz, cello and Tanya Stambuk, piano on May 28 at The Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy, 26 West 84th Street, New York City, NY and May 29, 2010 at the Hudson Opera House, Hudson, New York |
| Comments: | Commissioned by The Phoenix Concerts for its Hymn Tune Project. Dedicated to the members of the Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, New York City, the Finisterra Piano Trio and Gilda Lyons. The recording on the performance page was done by entelechron, Robert Frankenberry - piano, David Russell - cello, and Roger Zahab - violin, in Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pittsburgh on June 8, 2010. |
| Program Notes: | In feeling the need to include everyone involved in the commission I've used three hymns for my source material: Ofertorio Nicaragüense, Blessed Assurance and Amazing Grace. It took quite a bit of working and reworking to make this musically "hyper-texted" piece sing properly, but I hope it will speak in more than one way to nearly every sort of listener. |