Concerto Dialogus (for Alto Recorder and String Quintet) (2025)

Concerto Dialogus (for Alto Recorder and String Quintet) was composed during April-June 2025 in Hampton, Virginia and dedicated to James Chaudoir. The three-movement work is to be performed attacca, and features sprightly as well as somber conversational moods within a postmodernist compositional framework.

Harvey J. Stokes
6/19/25
Duration of movements:
I. ” . . . exposition . . . “       ca. 4′ 45″
II. ” . . . soliloquy . . .”          ca. 5′ 30″
III. ” . . . resolution . . . “       ca. 3′ 45″
Total Duration: ca. 14′ 00″

Instrumentation
Alto Recorder
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Double Bass