In the summer of 2009, I traveled throughout Europe and the journey
inspired this set of short character pieces for viola and piano. Not
intended to imitate any particular regional 'sound' of European music,
these short vignettes nonetheless give a nod to their cities of origin
in their formal structures. The seven movements are:
1. Venezia (barcarolle)
2. Budapest (allegro agitato, with a gypsy feel)
3. Praha (theme and variations)
4. Bratislava (senza mesura)
5. Paris (allegro)
6. Graz (lovesong)
7. Wien (waltz)
Page 1 of the score to Venezia
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to return to this page) PLAY CLIP - VENEZIA (barcarolle)