This is the second movement of my Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Piano. This movement was written as a tribute to my father, Robert Ellenwood, who died from injuries he sustained in a tragic accident in May 2007.  I have attempted to translate into music the feelings my family and I shared as we gathered around my father on the day of his death.  He was unconscious, but we felt him with us, then and now.  The piece contains quotes from lullabies that I have written for my two young sons.  These interwoven quotations represent a kind of musical promise to my father: that I will share my memories of him with my sons Carson and Emerson.

Larghetto: "How We Say Goodbye" from Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

Christian Ellenwood, piano
Leanne Kelso League, violin

The Sorrow

The Hope

Christian Ellenwood, piano
Leanne League, violin