Night And The City

Night and the City was appropriately composed primarily late at night in Philadelphia, where I was studying at the Curtis Institute of Music. The piece reflects the busy energy of such a large city, with people and traffic making noise seemingly without end. The middle section of the work is more tender and soft--perhaps the rare instance when one can imagine falling asleep. There is a sense of grandeur and splendor throughout Night and the City--it's a musical portrait of my first experience living in a major metropolitan city.

Subsequent performances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra