Dust and Roses

Anthony Paul De Ritis

Year

2002


Duration

25'


Movements

I. There is a shimmering dawn; II. Come sweet yellow bird; III. A lone leaf falls on white snow; IV. There is a plateau of roses; V. Down sorrow cloaked streets; VI. A lament of glass violins; VII. Like a swan against moonbeams; VIII. Flex your wings; IX. The bluest love of all; X. Walk with me; XI. Listen to the apples; XII. Conflicts of paradox; XIII. Won’t you play?; XIV. Hail the flow of flowers


Instrumentation

narrator - guitar, viola


Genre

Chamber Music


Premiere

New York, NY, USA, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 11 June 2002: Apostolos Paraskevas, guitar / Anthony De Ritis, viola / Del Lewis, narrator


Source

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