Loeffler: Rhapsody #1 The Pond

In the first Rhapsody, "L'Étang" (The Pond), the listener can hear both brash kerplunks and slowly dying ripples in an Edgar Allen Poe-like soundscape. Although both rhapsodies are based on poems about death and lost love, there is sweetness and even cheerfulness throughout the music - even jaunty, skipping moments. "The Pond" comes to a close with the oboe playing a major/minor arpeggio and the piano and viola softly trading high and low notes. A pre-q for Q Chamber Music Series in San Antonio. More at https://www.facebook.com/events/165210690319211/