Program note
Written early in 2006 on a commission from THE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE LEFT COAST in San Francisco, ST(R)AY was composed as a companion piece to Schubert's String Quintet in C, D. 956, particularly its second movement adagio.
This composition relies on some aspects found in the Schubert: the use of neighboring tones for harmony and melody, a certain idea of time suspended, and the constant harmonic reinterpretation of sustained notes.
The working title was ‘stay’, as I intended to write a piece completely static but, as it often happens, I couldn’t quite control the piece, and it escaped, thus becoming ‘stray’.
Chamber Ensemble Left Coast
Details
Instrumentation
String Quintet (2 violins, viola, 2 cellos)
Duration
13'
Date
2006
COMMISSIONED BY
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE LEFT COAST with funds from the Argosy Foundation and Meet the Composer
Sheet music
Available upon request
First performance
Chamber Ensemble Left Coast (Anna Pressler, Phyllis Kamrin, violins; Kurt Rohde, viola; Tanya Tomkins, Leighton Fong, cellos) — San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2006