Duration: ca. 8′
Instrumentation: solo flute
Score
Lamentations is a solo flute piece composed for my friend Tina Tso. It is written in a kind of refrain form, with the opening lyrical and desolate material gradually rising in pitch over the course of the whole piece, interrupted by bursts of virtuosity.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
April 2007 – Gainesville, FL
Tina Tso, flute
February 2006 – Gainesville, FL (world premiere)
Jackie Wright, flute