"Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
It wasn't during the composition of this piece that those words of Leonard Cohen came to me, but just after. As I neared completion of the piece, it was a beautiful Spring day in Appalachia, and I pulled open the shades to let the light into my home. That's when this song got named.
Scored for string quartet + clarinet and French horn. Scores will be available once I clean them up and put more dynamics markings on them. If you'd like to perform this piece, just contact me for parts & score.
See if you can tell some of the limitations/devices I used when composing this. BIG HINT - look at the duration.
