Premiered in a shorter, early version by The Arditti Quartet, NYU, March 26, 2006. Expanded to its present state for performance by the Avalon String Quartet on the Washington Square Contemporary Music Ensemble series, Merkin Concert Hall, Dec. 2006. 9'
Combine two disparate styles of music. The first: moderate, lyrical, haunting, tonal. The second: tempestuous, spiky, atonal, replete with twelve-tone lines and angular chords. Smooth out the mixture by sprinkling a distinctive trichord throughout the piece. Throw in a hint of blues, and you have Sweet Insanity.
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