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Springtime Dances, Winter Weeps


When confronted with the need for more music to fill a rapidly approaching concert program, I contacted flutist Brijette Tubb to see if she would be willing to learn something on short notice. She very kindly agreed - and I very frantically got to composing, as the music had not yet been written.

Four days later 'Springtime Dance, Winter Weeps' was affixed with a double bar line and sent to Brijette for her appraisal. Along with the music I sent her a profuse apology about the difficulty of the music, as much of my music ends up far more virtuosic in nature than I intend when starting out - and this piece was no exception.

To my great delight, excitement and amazement she was completely and utterly undeterred. The performance, just two weeks later, was a tremendous success.
 Springtime Dances, Winter Weeps is a work of contracts with two starkly different musical feels; it captures the bleakness of winter and the feverish play of spring. It is a virtuosic work that is a great contribution to the flute’s solo repertoire, and one which can be at home in a wide variety of concert programs.

Performed by Brijette Tubb (Flute)
Recorded by Chris Healey

Springtime Dances, Winter Weeps

Performed by members from the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra

Topography

An excerpt from "Piano Trio" by Elizabeth Younan (2018). Performed by Jenny Chen (piano), William Tsutomu Copeland (violin), and Francis Carr (cello), at Field Concert Hall, the Curtis Institute of Music, 12/12/18.

Piano Trio (Excerpt)

Live in recital at the Queensland Conservatorium, 2014.

Springtime Dances, Winter Weeps

Chris Healey - Composer

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