Program Notes
Spirals,
written for Wolfgang David and Nevila Kalaja and premiered in Albania in December 2007, uses
a similar collection of "broken" fifths that served as the basis of the Violin Concerto. In this work,
though, the Fibonacci series is applied to all musical parameters, including pitch distribution,
density control and formal as well as micro-rhythmic structural formulations. The work is in one
movement with three demarcated sections (moderato, slow, fast-moderato).
Performances
Spirals II for violin, viola and string septet [2009]
-University of Iowa Old Capitol, February 8, 2009
Spirals Trio for two violins and piano [2008]
-Boston University, Boston, MA, November 1, 2009
(Dávid, Zazofsky, Gompper)
-Moscow Conservatory, May 19, 2008
(recorded by Studio New Music, Moscow Conservatory)
Spirals I for two violins and chamber orchestra [2007]
-Tirana and Durres, Albania, April 18 & 19, 2008