Distant Mirrors —1985
Distant Mirrors was composed for Marc Teicholz and Ken Freed when we were all students at Yale University.
Movements
- Heu Fortuna Subdula
- Feverish Gigue
- Dithyrambe
Program Notes
Distant Mirrors is a collection of three dances, which echo the music of the distant past in a more contemporary langage. The first movement follows a quasi-rondeau outline, while the gigue is a simple ternary form. A dithyrambe is a song in honor of the Greek god Dionysus; as such, it is free and passionate. The title refers Barbara Tuchman’s powerful book A Distant Mirror, which I was reading for an undergraduate course in 14th Century music when I was writing this piece.
Reviews
Despite its surface buoyancy, there was a tragic undercurrent, which was moving.
Philip Greene, New Haven Register, April 16, 1986
