Program Notes

I once traveled to Berlin seeking to reinvent my creative prowess; yet, I knew not how such inspiration should come about.  Berlin itself ultimately became an extraordinary influence over my emotional and creative capacities.  I wrote this work to complement the emotional diversity I felt whirling about this great city.  A lot of the music is very aggressive and full of vitality as is reflected in the astonishing and looming art and architecture that always surrounded me. And then I found fear in being in a land where I don’t speak the language yielding elusive passages that use the harmonics playing skill to stress the romantic sense.  However, the piece finally graduates faster and faster in rhythm, ending in a triumphant tempo.  This is the way I dreamt being there.