Description
Video
Andrea Clearfield: Convergence, for viola and piano (2008)
Matthew Cohen, viola
Jun Cho, piano
Duration
11 min
Premiere
May 23, 2012 (World Premiere)
Barbara Westphal, viola
Christian Ruvolo, piano
St. Petri Church, Luebeck, Germany
June 20, 2014 (US Premiere)
Michael Hall, viola
Robert Pherigo, piano
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Barbara Westphal, viola
Christian Ruvolo, piano
St. Petri Church, Luebeck, Germany
June 20, 2014 (US Premiere)
Michael Hall, viola
Robert Pherigo, piano
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Commissioner
Commissioned by Barbara Westphal
Instrumentation
viola, piano
Program Notes
Convergence was commissioned by and dedicated to Barbara Westphal, my esteemed colleague and acclaimed violist. We spent many summers together at the Sarasota Music Festival. The work is built on the intervallic, melodic and harmonic materials heard in the opening two measures. These elements return in variation throughout the work; aggressive, lyrical, energetic and evocative. The viola and piano are equal partners, engaging in dialogue with these musical materials. Through the process of their dynamic exchange, their expressions converge and transform into a new synthesis. Convergence was released on Bridge Records in February, 2015, Barbara Westphal, viola, Christian Ruvolo, piano.
–Andrea Clearfield