Third year
Plea for Peace
Alto flute version: Jennie Oh Brown with string quartet
Trumpet version: Amanda Ross with string quartet
All-Star Orchestra, vocal version
- Composed
- 2017
- Instrumentation
- Soprano or alto saxophone with string quartet or string orchestra (no double basses)
- Publisher
- Nimbus Music Publishing
- Duration
- approximately 6 minutes
Originally a wordless vocal work for soprano and string quartet, Plea for Peace permits soprano or alto saxophone to replace the voice. String orchestra without double basses may replace the quartet. The composer gives the solo line’s range as D4 to A5.
The work was commissioned for the University of Chicago’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1. The composer recommends performing it with dancers when feasible.
The linked recordings present alto flute, trumpet, and vocal versions.
Source: Composer’s work page.