Program Listing

Dante Microludes (2007) for solo cello

Part 1

I. Prologue
II. Journey to the Gates
III. Limbo

Part 2

IV. Lust
V. Gluttony
VI. Avarice
VII. City of Dis
VIII. Heretics
IX. Violence and Fraud

Part 3

X. Betrayal
XI. The Fall
XII. Epilogue

Press

“Not so with David Ludwig’s 12-movement Dante Microludes score, influenced by the explosive miniatures of Gyorgy Kurtag but less dense and unafraid of prettiness. The seemingly unending scale ascent in the 10th movement, for one, was thoroughly entrancing.” –Philadelphia Inquirer