Elegy, September 11

Play Elegy, September 11, as performed live by the St. Cloud State Philharmonic Orchestra, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, conductor.

Composer: David Heuser Instrumentation: String Orchestra Year Composed: 2001 Duration: 7 minutes Pages (score): 11 Rental: $40.00 Purchase: $75.00 Representative Performances: Camerata de Coahuila, Eugene Dowdy, guest conductor, Torreó, Mexico (June 2006) Texas Music Educators Region VI High School Orchestra, Odessa, Texas (2006) and XIV High School Orchestra, Laredo, Texas (2003), Eugene Dowdy, conductor Riverview High School, Riverview, Florida (2004) St. Cloud State Philharmonic Orchestra, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, conductor (November 2002) University of Texas at San Antonio Orchestra, Eugene Dowdy, conductor (November 2001) Program Notes: After the events of September 11, I was unable to continue working on the piece that I was writing; suddenly, like so many things for so many people, it was incongruent to where my mind and heart were at. In many ways, writing this elegy was a selfish act, an act of personal catharsis. (And I am hardly alone - artists everywhere are doing this.) In the end, the hope is always that the work will help others, too, in some small way.

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