Serenade

BACK Listen to Serenade (MP3, 4.5 MB, 4:45) Download "C" Score Download "Non-C" Score Make a Purchase Instrumentation: 2 Flutes Oboe / E.H.) 2 Clarinets (Bb) Bassoon 2 Horns (F) Timpani Harp Violins 1 Violins 2 Violas Cellos Basses Score in C or Non-C Timing: 5 Minutes BACK

The Serenade for small orchestra was written one summer while I was house-sitting for a friend. The environment - a quiet house in a big, wooded yard in suburban Maryland - was conducive to writing, and the piece progressed swiftly, even though this was (and is) my first orchestral piece. Being alone in an empty house inclined me somewhat to melancholy, which put me in the mood for one of my favorite films, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. This lovely film, with its evocative score by Bernard Herrmann, proved a great inspiration, and I think my Serenade expresses a haunted wistfulness that is reminiscent of the film.