In Memory

2020
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Strings

Details

Category

Strings

Composed

April 2020

instrumentation

solo viola

duration

3 minutes

commissioned by

Will White

premiered

Grant Hanner, principal viola; Harmonia Orchestra

Purchase Score

Also recorded by Michael Hall, viola soloist.

Program Notes

This piece wasn't written about a specific time or person. It is meant to be a contemplation of memories past, which could be anything the listener/player desires - the viola acts as the voice that recalls these memories and reflects on them with tranquil, yet occasionally tumultuous introspection. Thus, this composition can speak to and work in any occasion.

Interpretation Gallery

Because I left 'In Memory' open to interpretation by the listener and performer, it's been played/performed in a variety of ways in different situations and on different subjects.

Have you played this piece and recorded your own video interpretation? Send it to me and I'll feature it here.

Grant Hanner, principal viola, Harmonia Orchestra (premiere performance)
Michael Hall, viola soloist
Nicholas Jeffery, assistant principal viola, Kalamazoo Symphony
Michael Hall, viola soloist (on a baroque viola) (at 24:38)
William Johnston, principal viola, Atlanta Opera
Michael Hall, viola soloist (live, 2020)
Ute Miller, Mount Vernon Music
Peter Sulski, Clark University
Dr. Ruben Balboa III, Texas State University
Evan Cuddy, teacher and viola soloist
Jordan Bak, viola soloist
Emily Freudigman, Camerata San Antonio
Dr. Nathan Groot, Violist and Teacher
Kirsten Monke, DaPonte String Quartet