I’ve performed this piece a couple of times, and its bittersweet, nostalgic folk sensibility always resonates with audiences. It’s originally written for viola, and Kenji has a video of himself playing it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ppMhwsgnTA).

The specific tuning it calls for makes it a bit difficult to program because my instrument won’t keep the tuning, so I’m playing it a step up from what he specifies for that reason.

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