Visions of a War (2004)
Quintet for clarinet and string quartet
15 minutes
MOVEMENTS
I - Innocents
II - Destructors
III - Victims
IV - Choral: Desolation
Program Notes
This piece was written in the shadow of the fruitless demonstrations against war and the subsequent invasion of Iraq in 2003. The elements reflected in the piece can, however, be extrapolated to any situation of war, from a predominately expressionist vision.
Premiere
Joana Altadill, clarinet. Clàudia Farrés, Noemí Rubio, violin, Elias Porter, viola, Jordi Claret, cello
EsMUC Hall, Barcelona
April 29, 2004