(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). (2006) Diamond in the Rough is inspired by the multi-faceted music of Mozart - whose life, like a diamond, reflects and refracts many stories and myths. In the first movement ( Magic ), complex rhythms and unusual orchestrations create different angles on Papageno’s glockenspiel heard in The Magic Flute . Crystal glasses resonate in the second movement ( Fifty-Five Minutes past Midnight ), echoing the exact time of Mozart’s mysterious death on December 5, 1791. The last movement ( Wig Dance ) mirrors the image of Mozart as an avid partygoer who once said he preferred the art of dancing rather than music. Duration - ca. 9:00