Conversations for two clarinets (2008)
9 minutes
When two people converse, sometimes their conversations are contentious; they expend so much energy trying to establish dominance that they don't realize how similar their positions are. Sometimes, though, two people sit quietly together; much can be communicated while saying next to nothing.
Written for my colleagues Raphael Sanders and Julianne Kirk Doyle, Conversations can be performed as a straightforward duo. It can also be performed with an added element that would be ruined if it were described here; the latter is preferred.
9 minutes
When two people converse, sometimes their conversations are contentious; they expend so much energy trying to establish dominance that they don't realize how similar their positions are. Sometimes, though, two people sit quietly together; much can be communicated while saying next to nothing.
Written for my colleagues Raphael Sanders and Julianne Kirk Doyle, Conversations can be performed as a straightforward duo. It can also be performed with an added element that would be ruined if it were described here; the latter is preferred.