Shadowbox Blue Hour Duo:Hard Copy harpsichord

harpsichord

I originally wrote Magic Hour in 2001 as a short interlude in my piano trio Swing Shift

for woodwind quintet

fo violin/viola

Shadowbox Blue Hour Duo:Hard Copy harpsichordfor two violas Notes on Shadowbox: I like terms with multiple meanings. For instance, shadow boxing in the most literal sense suggests boxers sparring with their own shadows to train. We could also think of the mid century American artist Joseph Cornell's surrealist juxtapositions of sentimental artifacts in his hauntingly captivating shadow boxes. Deeper still, the Jungian archetype of the "shadow self" comes to mind; the dark desires and thoughts