Orchestra Cello, Double Bass, Piano, Viola, Violin, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: P...(+)
Orchestra Cello, Double
Bass, Piano, Viola,
Violin, Violin 1, Violin
2
SKU:
PR.496000970
Composed
by Jonathan Leshnoff.
Sws. Full score. Duration
11 minutes. Leshnoff
Publishing #496-00097.
Published by Leshnoff
Publishing
(PR.496000970).
ISBN
9781491121412. UPC:
680160627684.
Leshn
off has worked closely
with violinist Charles
Wetherbee (1st violinist
with the Carpe Diem
String Quartet) on
several projects.
Wetherbee was soloist for
the premiere of
Leshnoff's Violin
Concerto No. 1 and the
Double Concerto for
Violin and Viola, as well
as in Distant
Reflections. In this
brief work, solo violin,
piano (with percussive
chords), and string
ensemble are enhanced by
an off-stage string
quartet. Tension builds
slowly to a memorable
climactic moment, before
subsiding again to
stillness. Distant
Reflections was recorded
by Wetherbee and the
Baltimore Chamber
Orchestra (Markand
Thakar, conducting) on
the Naxos American
Classics label.