On SITC (Winthrop, MA 1992)
This piece was originally written for my friend Laurel Lohrey's wedding. It was used as the processional of the mothers, though I confess it isn't much of a processional. I don't remember if it was originally intended to be used that way or not, but "processional" certainly doesn't seem to inform the sound. I played the premier at the wedding. 'SITC' means 'Send In the Clowns', a favorite piece of Laurel's mother. She wanted me to do something with it, though without being intrusive or simply arranging the song. It was hard for me to begin [since I actually loathe Send In The Clowns] but if you examine the score and listen carefully, most of the notes of the song are sounded completely [though dramatically reharmonized and rhythmically altered] and the usual setting of the piece has influenced the sound of the fantasy. I am still rather fond of the piece even at the distance of seven years so it is included here.
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