Description
Winner of the 2006 Orpheus Music Composition Competition. Commissioned by Noreen Jacky for her husband Jon on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, "Beneath the Apple Tree" is constructed from a quotation from Edvard Grieg's Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, a musical memory from the Jackys' wedding.
Premiered July 29, 2012, by Pamela Sklar, flute, and Suzanne Mueller, cello, at the Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, New York. Recorded by Kim Trolier, flute, and Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, for release by Navona Records on their CD titled Moto Perpetuo.