Soliloquy: For Clarinet and String Quartet

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The composition is a poignant tribute to the composer’s father, a former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. It features an extended dialogue between clarinet and violin, starting with a solo violin line that evokes desolation. The piece maintains a consistent mood without a climactic moment, emphasizing sustained lyricism. It alternates between two melodic ideas introduced by the violin and clarinet, with a recurring three-note motto that ties the structure together. The work concludes as it began, with the violin line, now harmonized by the clarinet.