Elegy for the Victims of Ebola – French horn and piano

Elegy for the Victims of Ebola (10/19/14) for horn and piano – 7’25”.  Elegy is a concept of mourning and lament for the dead and praise for the deeds they accomplished while living. This elegy is intended not only to mourn the dead but also to mourn the suffering endured by the survivors.  Praise comes to the healthcare workers who have risked their lives to help stop the spread of the virus.  This work offers separate sections, slow for mourning and moderate for praise. The mourning section begins with a triplet figure often associated with a sign of the cross in Bach’s music.  The repeated notes from the horn provide a sense of the compulsive nature of mourning.  These increase in rhythmic activity, ending with the “cross” figure.  The praise section uses off-beat rhythms and a march-like quality.

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