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Of a Fleeting Flower
string orchestra

  • Duration
    4 ½ minutes
  • Premiere
    TBA
  • Commission
    Wisconsin Philharmonic​​,
    ​Alexander Platt, Music Director
    ​
Program Note
Originally composed in 2018 for 2 violins, cello, and double bass, Of a Fleeting Flower was arranged for string orchestra in the summer of 2020. The piece is a short exploration of the emotional ideas of longing, beauty, and nostalgia. I think of moments when we experience time moving quickly yet simultaneously too slowly, or seemingly frozen moments in which we’re still desperately aware of the seconds ticking—those eternal instants which we spend with something (or someone) beautiful but know it will not last. These thoughts are reflected in the music by the interplay of different melodies, the constant modification of the tempo, and an intentional control of rhythmic complexity—at first still, then gradually more involved, then backing off, then delving in densely, and finally transparent. The title references a short poem I composed at the same time as the original chamber version:

For the sweet joy of a fleeting flower:
embraced briefly, released reluctantly,
never spurned, ever felt,
yet awaiting.


—Jacob Beranek


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