My Father's Song


Date of Composition: 1984/1988

Duration: 20'

Category: Orchestral

Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2/4.2.2.1 - Percussion, Timpany, Harp, Piano, Strings


My Father's Song is a reworking of an earlier piece commissioned by the Pasadena Chamber Orchestr'a's founder and conductor, Robert Duerr, who was an organ student of my father, Hans Vigeland. The three movements are:
1. Fanfares and Elegies
2. My Father's Song
3. Portrait