Stolen Moments was originally written for string quartet, woodwind quintet and piano and commissioned by the Kaufman Center (Merkin Hall). It was written mostly at Civitella Ranieri in 2008. I arranged it for chamber orchestra (double woodwind quintet, strings and piano) in 2010 for the US Marine Chamber Orchestra, who premiered that version in May, 2011. Boston Modern Orchestra Project recorded it, thusly. The whole piece is also on a YouTube compilation album here.
The first movement assigns characteristic material to each group and then mixes and matches them at the end. That's Sarah Bob on piano.
The second movement sorta kinda channels spirituals and call-and-response.
The third movement is a deconstructed tango.
The fourth movement starts bebop, does a fugato, then a gigue, and then combines aspects of all the movements.
