Joyce Orenstein
Lamento
Year: 2003
Duration (in minutes): 10 min.
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any low voice, any male voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, clarinet, piano, viola, violin
Publisher: Self-Produced
Description: This piece laments the beginning of the war in Iraq. It is in three sections. The first and third sections, which employ clarinet, violin and piano, are in a twelve-tone style. The middle section, which employs bass clarinet, viola and piano, is not.