Elegy, September 11
David Heuser
About this work:
This work was composed in response to the events of 9/11 and was premiered November 1, 2001 by University of Texas at San Antonio Orchestra, Eugene Dowdy, conductor.
For an audio clip of this piece, go to this web site: http://www.nonsequiturmusic.com/elegy11.htm.
After the events of September 11, I was unable to continue working on the piece that I was writing; suddenly, like so many things for so many people, it was incongruent to where my mind and heart were at. In many ways, writing this elegy was a selfish act, an act of personal catharsis. (And I am hardly alone - artists everywhere are doing this.) In the end, the hope is always that the work will help others, too, in some small way.
Year composed: 2001
Duration: 00:07:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:String Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1 Strings (General)
Instrumentation notes: There is three part divisi in the 1st and 2nd violins.