Wrong of Winter
The three movements are titled:
- “Ice”
- “Calm”
- “Arrival”
The performance here is of myself on violin and the amazing pianist, John Chernoff. John, incidentally, was hired as staff accompanist at the Humboldt State University (currently called Cal Poly Humboldt in 2024) while I was completing my undergraduate studies there. It was apparent to everyone that our school was unreasonably blessed to have him, as his skills on the piano were simply astounding. I think every student composer was suddenly inspired to write as virtuosically as possible, because it didn’t seem to matter what was set in front of him: he wouldn’t just play it … he would sightread it, and beautifully.
Writing this now, on September 30th, 2024, I looked up John Chernoff as I thought he was still at Humboldt. Indeed, as recently as this year I found information about him … and yet he is no longer listed as a staff member. If he indeed left Humboldt, it would be an end of an incredible era.
This recording is from my undergraduate senior violin recital on 12/12/2006.
Here’s the piano score: