Greensleeves Variations for
violin & viola (1998) (for
Susan Rollin) Violin
John
Wilcox Viola
Walter Mony Rollin transforms this perennial ‘favorite’ into a Kaleidoscopic salmagundi of contrapuntal effects, witticisms innovative technical gestures, and quasi baroque phrases, which are transmutated into rare elements by chromaticisms and weird and wonderful harmonies. The tune weaves in and out between the two instruments and provides a stimulating challenge of identification for the listener amidst the camouflage |