Title: Capricious Modes
Year Completed: 2016
Duration: 4:30 mins
Instrumentation: piano trio (violin, cello, piano)
Credits: Commissioned by Land's End Ensemble
Premiere: April 8, 2016, Land's End Ensemble, Festival Hall, Calgary AB



Purchase/Rent: Canadian Music Centre



Capricious Modes was commissioned for Land's End Ensemble. The title is literal in that various modes are used as the harmonic and melodic underpinnings of the work. As well, different moods and performance techniques are also employed adding to the 'capricious' nature of this short composition.

Links: Land's End Ensemble

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