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Melancholy Dance was written for cellist/physicist Amanda Holt in the Spring of 1999, and I premiered the piece with Amanda at Bard College as part of a student concert that spring. Upon request of cellist/Bard College student Jane Gilvin, I performed the piece again with her in Spring of 2000. The piece was premiered in New York City at Merkin Concert Hall on February 12, 2004 with cellist Christine Kim, with me on the piano.
Simple in its expression, the piece is about something far from simple, a love that cannot be. The work focuses on the strange “dance of emotions” people do when they know they love something they cannot have. A love not so much unrequited as born of knowing that the deep feelings you might have are for something always there, but caught in the past.
Simple in its expression, the piece is about something far from simple, a love that cannot be. The work focuses on the strange “dance of emotions” people do when they know they love something they cannot have. A love not so much unrequited as born of knowing that the deep feelings you might have are for something always there, but caught in the past.
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Peter Greenstone
I love how the emotions change throughout, sadness,
hope, immediacy, acceptance. It's beautiful and stirring.
Is this a recording of the 2/12/04 concert performance?
The recording quality could certainly be better. Your
performances are perfect. I love cello and piano together.