SONATA FOR HORN AND PIANO, 1996

commission: Horn Consortium Commissioning Group

Duration: 14 1/2 minutes

horn and piano

MOVEMENTS:

1)Hymn

2)Riding to Higher Clouds

At the turn of a new century, and after a century of atonality, I am eager to find paths in new harmonic directions. Sonata for Horn and Piano is representative of recent explorations of mine toward a personal expression in that new direction. It is also a very personal expression of searching prompted by the deaths of two loved ones within a year's time. Hymn, straightforward and melodic, expresses grief and faith. Riding to Higher Clouds deals with the complex struggle between the conflicting emotions of loss, hope, memories, and understanding. This work was commissioned by The Horn Consortium Commissioning Group

On CRI, 1999 - CD #821 "Crosswinds"

Performances:

WCLV, 9/26/98, (part of an hour program of her music aired nationally via the Internet)

WCLV, 4/4/98, (part of an hour program of her music aired nationally via the Internet)

Virginia Thompson, Miltenberg, Germany, 7/12/98

Virginia Thompson, Becket Arts Series, Morgantown, WV, 5/17/98

Virginia Thompson, United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant, PA, 5/15/98

Cynthia Carr, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 3/18/98

Cynthia Carr, University of Deleware, 2/8/98

Patrick Hughes, U of New Mexico Department of Music, 1/25/98

Patrick Francis Vail, U of Cincinnati College Conserv. of Music, 10/16/97

Cynthia Carr, First and Central Presbytarian Church, Newark, Deleware, 9/21/97

Kristin Thelander, International Women's Brass Conference, St. Louis MO, 6/29/97

Kristin Thelander, International Horn Workshop, Eastman, Rochester, NY, 6/08/97

Virginia Thompson, Faculty Recital, West Virginia U, 2/11/97

Kristin Thelander, Faculty Recital, Universtiy of Iowa,Iowa City, IA, 10/18/96