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justinmerritt ephemera double concerto for viola & cello commissioned by Yuval Gotlibovich & Avigail Arad violins 1-3 viola cello contrabass “…demands an audience's attention… Merritt's piece was the standout.” -Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press “Several times I wrote "Wow!" next to a work being played...” -Peter Jacobi, Herald Times INSTRUMENTATION flute oboe clarinet i. allegro focoso ii. lento assai iii.adagio non falsa solo viola solo cello horns 1-2 harps 1-2
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justinmerrittephemera double concerto for viola & cello
EPHEMERAdouble concerto for viola & cello
i. allegro focosoii. lento assaiiii. adagio non falsa
INSTRUMENTATIONfluteoboe
clarinet
horns 1-2
percussionbass drum, suspended cymbal,
tam tam, vibraphone
harps 1-2
solo violasolo cello
violins 1-3violacello
contrabass
“Several times I wrote "Wow!" next to a work being played...”
-Peter Jacobi, Herald Times
commissioned byYuval Gotlibovich & Avigail Arad
In 2000 composer Justin Merritt (bn. 1975) was the youngest-ever winner of the ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph N i s s i m Award for Janus Mask. He is also the winner of a host of o t h e r a w a r d s including
the 2008-09 Copland Award, the 2008 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Prize for River of Blood, and the 2006 Polyphonos Prize
He received his Bachelors from Trinity University and his Masters and Doctorate f r o m I n d i a n a University. He studied composition with Samuel Adler, S v e n - D a v i d Sandström, Claude Baker, Timothy Kramer, Don Freund, and electronic and computer music with Jeffrey Hass. He is currently Assistant
Professor of Composition at St. Olaf College. He resides in Northfield, Minnesota with his wife Yuedong and their children Cullen Fang Ouxiang and Molly Fang Qinghe.
justinmerrit
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attention…Merritt's
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-Rob Hubbard,
Pioneer Press
“… the highlight of
the year came Nov. 9
with Justin Merritt's
Five Preludes for
piano…” -Peter
Schimpf, Bloomington Independent
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for Yuval Gotlibovich & Avigail Arad
E p h e m e r adouble chamber concerto for viola and cello
i.
Score in CDur.: ca 20'
Copyright (c) 2002 Justin Merritt (ASCAP)Published by JMKrause
All rights reserved
Justin Merritt
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