I’ve been in rehearsals with the Giannini String Quartet this past week preparing for their Spain tour, where they will be playing my String Quartet No. 3: Air (2004). Air is an eleven-minute homage to Italian aria, our fragile atmosphere, and our lifelong reliance on the peaceful undulation of our lungs. There is a wonderful recording of it by the Daedalus String Quartet online in all the usual … [Read more...]