Growth I – Violin Concerto (2020) version for sextet
for solo violin, flute (alto flute) bass clarinet, violoncello, piano, and percussion
Movement 1: A dehydrated, pulverized, and then reconstituted (with lumps) 1903 recording of Joseph Joachim playing Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 1
Movement 2: Isaac Stern speaking in 1999 about the founding of the National Endowment of Arts seen through a thick layer of nostalgia's sweet molasses
Movement 3: The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina playing Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 frozen, broken in shards, and randomly reassembled
Duration ca. 15 minutes
