Medieval Variations

for harp and string quartet

1985

15 minutes

Premiere: Phoenix String Quartet
Paula Provo, Harp
Phoenix, AZ, Nov 23, 1986

Notes: The main melodic theme of these variations was taken from The Cry of the Sedge, which I wrote in 1973. That work was based on a medieval story retold by W. B. Yeats. The theme is in the Dorian mode, and there is a sense of medieval atmosphere throughout.