Suite No. 2 for Violoncello (1989)
Duration: 20’
Movement Titles: Opening | Prufrock Alone | Michelangelo Women | Woman Alone | Pas de deux | “Wriggling on a pin” | Prufrock, Alone, Again | Quodlibet | Coda
Commissioned by: The Sundance Institute for Film and Television, 1989
First Performance: soundtrack to the ballet film Prufrock, choreographed and directed by Diane Coburn Bruning. Released 1989.
A page from the manuscript. p/c: Mills Music Library Daron Hagen Collection
Program Note:
Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello was composed in New York City and at the MacDowell Colony during summer 1989 and completed at MacDowell on 16 July 1989. It was composed for and recorded by Robert La Rue to serve as the soundtrack of the dramatic ballet film Prufrock, for which it was commissioned by the Sundance Institute for Film and Television. The scenarist, choreographer and director was Diane Coburn Bruning.
From left, Dan Roberge, Jonathan Jordan and Ryan Carlough in Chamber Dance Project's “Prufrock.” (Olivia Lipnick)