David Heinick, composer
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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.