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Some years ago, pianist Jennifer Garrett attended a concert at Eastern New Mexico University, where my wife and I performed my Three New Mexico Landscapes for clarinet and piano. Jennifer was an undergraduate music major then. Later, when she was looking for a subject for her Doctorate in piano accompanying, she asked if she could base her paper and recital on my chamber music involving piano, inspired mostly by the spiritual landscape of New Mexico. She indicated that her sons Barry, an accomplished French hornist, and Benjamin, an accomplished clarinetist, would be assisting her on the recital. She asked if I might write a piece for the three of them. Weary from some health issues, I used the title to reflect the feelings captured in this translation from Mozart's Requiem Mass:
Call me among the blessed.
I kneel with submissive heart,
my contrition is like ashes,
help me in my final condition.
ASCAP title code: 885544789 |