Upon Vermilion Wheels (Double Keyboard Quintet) (2025)

Instrumentation
String Quartet, piano/keyboard (one player)

Duration
20'

Commission
Written for the JACK Quartet and Conor Hanick

Notes

CageEach of its six movements explores a different microtonal landscape and sense of forward motion. The title “upon vermillion wheels” is from an exquisite poem by Emily Dickinson. –Mathew Rosenblum

Availability
Plurabelle Music Publishing

World Premiere
February 22, 2025, Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival, Bellefield Hall, Pittsburgh