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Premiere: August 11, 2004, Gore Place in Waltham, MA, The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble (Elizabeth Sellers and Megan O'Leary Parisi)
Premiere: October 2, 2005, Fitchburg Public Library in Fitchburg, MA, performed by Bonnie Cochran and Leanne Rabesa
Premiere: July 25, 2001, Gore Place in Waltham, MA, The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble
Performances: January 18, 2002, Harvard University's Memorial Church, The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble
Amaryllis: a regal, trumpet-shaped flower, but also a young, lovesick shepherdess. With an ethereal quality, Amaryllis explores beauty and possibility. The first movement uses a mirror form—the first half of the piece being the statement, the flute cadenza being the focal point, and the second half being an imperfect reverse statement of the first half. It’s as though we take a look at something we know to be true as reflected back in a mirror, and it reveals something new to us that we had not noticed before.
In the second more introspective movement, we look more inward to probe how things outside ourselves profoundly affect our inner thoughts and feelings, much like falling raindrops create chains of ripples over the surface of water.
Premiere: March 12, 2000, Seully Hall at The Boston Conservatory