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Sinfonietta
2022
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Contrabassoon
Flute
Horn
Melodica
Oboe
Piano
Soprano
Timpani
Trombone
Trumpet
Unpitched Percussion
Viola
Violin
- Program Notes
- When They Broke Down the Door is based on a poem by Fatemeh (Shahrzad) Shams, professor of Persian Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, and translated by Dick Davis. Dr. Shams’s work intimately portrays brutal moments of prosecutions, torture, and execution, while intertwined with a devastating loss of love. My composition emphasizes these complexities within a suppressed and violent political atmosphere.
- Recording Notes
- Premiere: Composers Conference Ensemble Sharon Harms, Soprano – Holly Druckman, Conductor July 2022, Brandeis University, MA
- Performer Credits
- Composers Conference Ensemble