DREAMING OF...

for Bb clarinet (or violin) and piano
Five movements, 20 minutes

In Dreaming Of..., I tried to inhabit the stylistic worlds of Schubert, Bartok, Ragtime, Ravel, and finally, Yiddish folk music. The movements are:

  1. Dreaming of Schubert

  2. Dreaming of Bartok

  3. Dreaming in Ragtime

  4. Dreaming of Ravel

  5. Dreaming in Yiddish

This is my preferred order of performance, but the movements are separable, and may be performed in any order, or indeed any number, one or two or more at a time, at the discretion of the performers.

The two versions of Dreaming Of... are like twins, alike in essence, but different in detail, depending on the characteristics of the solo instruments. They are both my favorite. Except for a few small details, the piano part is identical in both versions.

Dreaming Of... was written during the COVID years of 2020-2022.