Beethoven Cadenzas
Solo Works: violin
In 2007, my good friend and frequent collaborator, the violinist Peter Stein, was asked to perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with an orchestra in Bonn, Germany. He asked me if I would compose new cadenzas for his performance, and I gladly accepted the challenge. It was an intriguing project — how to connect my compositional style with Beethoven’s in a way not just to create a shock but to have my compositional voice emerge from his music — to take the listener on a series of detours that led from 19th-Century Vienna to 21st-Century Los Angeles, and back again.