Ръченица - Ruchenitsa

For Violin
Duration: 2.5 minutes

2007

Commissioned for Neva Pilgrim and the Society for New Music summer music series, Cazenovia Counterpoint

Program Note:

Completed in July, this piece was commissioned by Neva Pilgrim and the Society for New Music for their annual presentation of their Cazenovia Counterpoint summer music series. The piece was written and designed around the idea of a dance, the Ruchenitsa, a Bulgarian dance in 7/8, usually divided 2-2-3. The scheme was to not to create a fleshed out dance form but to refer to it so as to be evocative of that ethos. This work is also part of a suite of several movements entitled Earthe Dances.

Recording:

Score

Performance History:

- Broadcast on WCNY Classic FM's Fresh Ink program

- Masters Recital at Indiana University, JungMin Shin, violinist.

- Premiere at Cazenovia Counterpoint, Laura Brown, violinist.