Samba for Susan

A heartfelt memorial to the composer's sister, Samba for Susan bears a tempo marking of "sensual" - this five-minute elegy is set as a slow bossa nova, full of the jazz flavor and syncopations of the samba tradition. In the hands of this celebrated opera and theater composer, it is a drama cast in a dance feel. Themes alternate, always returning transformed into fresh textures at each recurrence, creating a work that is catchy on first hearing and reveals its depth upon repeated hearings.