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The Lass of Aughrim (1983)

Chamber Music Northwest, July 1983. Lucy Shelton, soprano; Nancy Allen, harp; Ik-Hwan Bae, violin; David Shifrin, clarinet. 15’.

Comment: A setting of an Irish ballad that is the hidden source of Joyce’s great story The Dead. Originally conceived for flute, viola and harp, the instrumentation had to be changed at the last moment, but one of these days….