QUINTET FOR FLUTE, GUITAR AND STRING TRIO (1996) 23 min.
instrumentation: fl, gtr, vln, vla, vcl

When I began thinking about the Quintet, I imagined a high, sky-like space. The opening flute motif punctuates that space, and its playful gestures soon generate constant rhythmic activity. The guitar enters with soft ascending phrases and forms a dance-like duo with the flute. The string trio introduces the slow section. The guitar enters with an aria-like passage, and free variations follow. Four short scherzos intersperse fragments of the preceding slow music. The forth scherzo segues into the finale section, a brisk rondo recapturing earlier themes.

Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with assistance from the Los Alamos Concert Association.