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Inst:ob, vla, vc

        Date:1995

        Duration:2'30"




        Performances:Premiere: Jacqueline Leclair, oboe; Ron Lawrence, viola; Tomas Ulrich, cello, concert of works, NYC






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Program note: A moment’s questioning of an emotional circumstance.

(Audio is a concert performance at Turtle Bay Music School, NYC)