serenade for Dolcissima

for bass quintet

about the work

Serenade for Dolcissima is a celebration of love and is inspired by my bride-to-be Jill Abbinanti. It was composed for our wedding day, September 4, 2021. It is a joyful tribute to that day and all the miraculous days that have brought us together, and all the miraculous days of love, abundance and joy that are yet to come.

It has taken a lifetime to find you Dolcissima. I intend to celebrate you and our profound love in all things, every day, for the rest of my life.

Serenade for Dolcissima is the most recent work in a series devoted to love. Serenade for Dolcissima, Fanfare for You, Fanfare Fantastique and Embracing You are a musical form of love letters and a new direction in my work. They are all inspired by and dedicated to Jill Abbinanti.

instrumentation

Piccolo Trumpet in A, also Piccolo Trumpet in Bb
Trumpet in C
French Horn in F
Trombone
Tuba