Yaqira (2011)

Yaqira, for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano is in four movements, each elaborating a seven note phrase from an Aramaic supplication ending on the word ‘Yaqira’ (which means ‘precious’).

The piece was inspired by an idea my daughter had of musically representing the disorienting sense of kinetosis.

Yaqira was co-commissioned by the San Francisco based ensemble, Earplay, and the Madrid based, PluralEnsemble.