string orchestra
5 minutes
commissioned by the Brattle Street Chamber Players of Harvard University
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The premiere was at Paine Hall at Harvard on April 5th, 2013 by the Brattle Street Chamber Players.
Footrows is scored for 17 strings: 7 violins 4 violas 4 cellos 2 basses |
 The Brattle Street Chamber Players in Paine Hall at Harvard
My freshman year, I was asked to write Footrows for Harvard's student-run conductor-less string orchestra, The Brattle Street Chamber Playeres, when another composer dropped out. I looked to Mahler in this piece, specifically, the way his orchestral writing can in one moment resemble intimate chamber music and in next reach earth-shattering tutti climaxes. I tried to find such a range in this piece's much smaller scale. There is an antante sensibility to much of the music, which led me to the piece's title.
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