Composition

Notes

Timeflies: In the first movement, "slowly we turn..." the guitar sets up a clear beat which is continually challenged by each instrument in turn, with various syncopations that often become the new beat. The resulting motion ranges from the serene diatonic opening to the frenzied, fairly chromatic closing hocket passage. In "...gliding..." the cello plays a simple tune in natural harmonics, while the guitar arpeggiates an accompaniment. "when we’re having..." is a playful movement in which the beat is constantly challenged by regroupings and syncopations, but it refuses to be swayed from its steady pace, no matter what the distraction. Timeflies was commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts for David Starobin.