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"This piece starts with a set of variations on a Yiddish lullaby that I composed for Sally Potter's film The Man Who Cried, set to function well in counterpoint to another important music theme in the soundtrack: Bizet's Aria Je Crois Entendre Encore, from The Pearl Fishers. In her film Sally explores the fate of Jews and Gypsies in Europe during the mid-years of the 20th century, through a love story between a Jewish young woman and a Gypsy young man. The lullaby metamorphoses into a dense and dark doina (a gypsy slow, rubato genre) featuring the lowest string of the violas. The piece ends in a fast gallop boasting a theme that I stole from my friends of the wild gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks."
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| CATEGORY | Chamber [without voice] |
| INSTRUMENTATION | Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, cbass (2nd violin optional) |
| DURATION | 7'30" |
| WORLD PREMIERE | Jordan Hall, Boston; April 2001 |
| WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMERS | Boston Symphony Chamber Players |
| COMMISSION | Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players |
| DEDICATION | To Anthony Fogg and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players |
| RECORDING | Recorded by Tara O' Connor, flute; Todd Palmer, clarinet, Mark Dresser, double bass, and the St Lawrence String Quartet.
Appears on album "Yiddishbbuk" [album details] |
| SCORE AVAILABILITY | Score available for sale. Parts available for sale. [more info] |
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