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Nostos, for piano trio (2022)

Commissioned by the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund for the Lysander Piano Trio

Epigraph 00:00
I. Con moto, tempo giusto 00:15
II. Moderato 01:36
III. Andante 03:52
IV. Vivace 06:03
V. Calmo 07:52
VI. (Nostalgia) Andante moderato 10:30

Lysander Piano Trio:
Itamar Zorman - Violin
Michael Katz - Cello
Liza Stepanova - Piano

Eric Dluzniewski - Audio and Video

Recorded on January 21, 2025 at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music,

Program Note:
Originating in Homer’s Odyssey, the Ancient Greek word Nostos (νόστος) describes a literary trope of returning home after a long voyage. In many Nostos tales, the hero finds that home has changed and become strange and unfamiliar. The word Nostalgia derives from the word Nostos, along with the Greek root algos, meaning pain. The pain of longing to return home.

In my piece Nostos for piano trio, a short musical figure symbolizes a homeward journey. The entire piece repeatedly explores a five-note melodic shape that begins with an upward leap, followed by a stepwise descent back to its starting point. Every time this starting point is reached, however, a change in harmony, texture, or rhythm thwarts a sense of closure, thus propelling an endless cycle of failed returns. The idea of home is also represented in the piece in a more personal, biographical way, through allusions to songs and musical styles I heard growing up in Israel. This wistful tone becomes more explicit as the piece progresses and can be heard most clearly in the trio’s final movement, titled Nostalgia.

Consisting of six moments, preceded by a brief “Epigraph”, that flow together in an unbroken stream, Nostos was written for the Lysander Piano Trio and commissioned, with generous support, by the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.