Vara

Date of Composition: 1979

Duration: 28'

Category: Duo

Instrumentation: Flute, Piano

Vara is a Portuguese term for a measuring unit of no fixed length. This serves as a metaphor for the variation of a melodic pattern that winds throughout the entire piece.

Vara has been recorded by Barbara Held, flute and Joseph Kubera, piano on a Lovely Music CD LCD3031. The audio excerpt is of the first 3.5 minutes.