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 on April 9, 2011, by Sarah Grant, flute, and Brittney Mulvey, guitar, at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Recorded by Kim Trolier, flute, and Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, Beneath the Apple Tree has been released by Navona Records on their CD titled Moto Perpetuo.