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Saans (Breath)
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I’ve always found the story behind the Franck Violin Sonata to be as moving and romantic as the music itself: Franck wrote the sonata for violinist Eugene Ysaye and his wife as a wedding present, and they premiered it at the wedding, sight reading through the score. It is one of my favorite pieces of all time -- the love and intention with which it was written resonates so deeply through the music.

As I was finishing my Clarinet Concerto in 2017, I was also planning my trip to Paris for the wedding of one of my closest friends, pianist Suzana Bartal. As I wrote my last commission of the season, I saw that the slow movement of my Clarinet Concerto could actually be turned into a piano trio as a wedding gift to Suzana.

A few years later, Suzana played this trio for the first time in the United States on the day before my wedding. This recording is the one we made immediately following that concert, with cellist Peter Myers, and violinist Vijay Gupta -- my husband.

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from Breathe: Music of Reena Esmail, released April 30, 2021

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Vijay Gupta Los Angeles, California

Vijay Gupta is a violinist, speaker and citizen-artist dedicated to creating spaces of wholeness through music. He is the founder of Street Symphony, a community of musicians dedicated to engaging people in reentry and recovery living in LA's Skid Row. Vijay Gupta is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. ... more

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