Pax impotens

Complete Work Title: 

Pax impotens


Performance Medium: 

string quartet


Movements: 

in two movements


Duration: 

c.6:00


Date Composed: 

March 1989


Additional Information: 

• Composed as part of the doctoral qualifying examination at Indiana University.
• Recorded performance presented at Tigertail Productions “New from Abroad” Listening Room, September through December 1991, at the 21st Annual Bienal of São Paulo, Brazil.


Performance History: 

Igor Borodin, Danielus Kaplunas (violins); Susan Dubois (viola); Debbie Brooks (violoncello):
• 25 October 2001; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

Jeffrey Howard, David Volfe (violins); Stanley Weldy (viola); Robert Peck (violoncello):
• 26 October 1989; Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) [premiere]