Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies and trading off solo lines. The second movement is a playful scherzo played pizzicato by both instruments while the third movement is the central lyrical movement of the work with undulating natural harmonic tremolos and a rhythmically driving interruptive middle section. The fourth movement consists almost entirely of quickly bowed natural harmonics with fleeting rhythmic tremolos on both instruments. The final movement contains rapidly driving music in constantmotion interrupted twice by cadenza-like free sections which are non-synchronized. The two instruments then come together for the final push to the end. Duo Concertante was written for James and Deborah Dunham on the occasion of their 35th anniversary with support from the Shepherd School of Music Rice University. Pierre Jalbert.

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies and trading off solo lines. The second movement is a playful scherzo played pizzicato by both instruments while the third movement is the central lyrical movement of the work with undulating natural harmonic tremolos and a rhythmically driving interruptive middle section. The fourth movement consists almost entirely of quickly bowed natural harmonics with fleeting rhythmic tremolos on both instruments. The final movement contains rapidly driving music in constantmotion interrupted twice by cadenza-like free sections which are non-synchronized. The two instruments then come together for the final push to the end. Duo Concertante was written for James and Deborah Dunham on the occasion of their 35th anniversary with support from the Shepherd School of Music Rice University. Pierre Jalbert.

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies and trading off solo lines. The second movement is a playful scherzo played pizzicato by both instruments while the third movement is the central lyrical movement of the work with undulating natural harmonic tremolos and a rhythmically driving interruptive middle section. The fourth movement consists almost entirely of quickly bowed natural harmonics with fleeting rhythmic tremolos on both instruments. The final movement contains rapidly driving music in constantmotion interrupted twice by cadenza-like free sections which are non-synchronized. The two instruments then come together for the final push to the end. Duo Concertante was written for James and Deborah Dunham on the occasion of their 35th anniversary with support from the Shepherd School of Music Rice University. Pierre Jalbert.

for flute clarinet percussion piano violin and cello- Subtilior Lamento is a piece that draws some inspiration from the music of the so-called ‘Ars Subtilior’ movement of the fourteenth century. This early music features rhythmic complexities linear ornamentation and harmonic intricacy. In my piece I use canon to create textures that are at constant rhythmic unrest. Harmonies arise out of linear lines: lines I constructed to work in defining my harmonic world. The piece’s structural rigor and fluid surface are the two elements I wanted to keep in constant equilibrium - Hannah Lash Instrumentation: fl.cl-perc(vib chimes)-pno-vn.vc

for flute viola and harp-Three Shades Without Angles is a piece that plays with the idea of transformation of musical shapes. When writing this piece I was inspired by Auguste Rodin’s sculpture The Three Shades a detail sitting atop the sculptor’s work The Gates of Hell depicting a scene from Dante’s The Inferno. Although my music is not representative or depictive of Dante or an image of hell I was deeply drawn to the sinewy character of Rodin’s work its intensity muscularity consistency and the way in which movement and energy is represented in his shapes - Hannah Lash

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies and trading off solo lines. The second movement is a playful scherzo played pizzicato by both instruments while the third movement is the central lyrical movement of the work with undulating natural harmonic tremolos and a rhythmically driving interruptive middle section. The fourth movement consists almost entirely of quickly bowed natural harmonics with fleeting rhythmic tremolos on both instruments. The final movement contains rapidly driving music in constantmotion interrupted twice by cadenza-like free sections which are non-synchronized. The two instruments then come together for the final push to the end. Duo Concertante was written for James and Deborah Dunham on the occasion of their 35th anniversary with support from the Shepherd School of Music Rice University. Pierre Jalbert.