Birkat Haderekh: Blessing for the Road - Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

Shulamit Ran's delicately tinted chamber work Birkat Haderekh...glowed with a sense of gentle but firm supplication, its title rendered from the Hebrew as 'Blessing for the Road.'-- Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe

Birkat Haderekh is a wandering meditation on melody written for the "Quartet for the End of Time" ensemble: clarinet, violin, cello, piano. Cast in a single movement less than 10 minutes long, the work develops and deepens ideas introduced in a wistful opening clarinet line. Mostly introspective and direct in its appeal...-- Brian Schuth, The Boston Musical Intelligencer

For B-flat Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano. Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center, in celebration of its 75th Anniversary Season. Duration: 6'