Opus number: op. 78 1+2
Title: Two Encores: 1, Canon; 2, Lament
Instrumentation: eight cellos
Commissioned: Tarab
Dedication: Tarab
Date written: 2003
Length: two minutes each
Premiere performance: Lament performed
Program Notes: Encore no. 1, “Canon,” and Encore no. 2, “Gretel’s Lament, “ Op. 78 no. 1 and no. 2, were composed for the eight cellos, Tarab Cello Ensemble. After Tarab recorded a commissioned work by me (also called Tarab) I thought that they should have a couple of short encore pieces for their concerts. Both encores are about two minutes in length with the first one being very dramatic while the second one is lyrical. The pieces were composed in 2006.
