"IMPLICATIONS IN D MAJOR"; AN ADAGIO FOR CHAMBER STRINGS

My latest piece is a six-minute quartet for strings in which I substituted the traditional second violin for a double bass. I set out to write a chorale of sorts, an elegy of tension and bloom for our current political climate. I am grateful for Chris Souza of Penn Strings, for he was such a great help preparing the charts, and performing the piece along with Audrey Simons, Michael Montero, and Domenick Fiore. I am thankful for Don Sternecker, Tim Carbone, Dan Papa and Patrick Heine for capturing the audio and visuals.

“It's almost four years since Lou Rogai’s Lewis & Clarke project released any new music, but today the Pennsylvania-based musician is back with a mighty suite of music. Much in the way that the Triumvirate album slowly revealed its glory, "Implications in D Major; Adagio for Chamber Strings" - an instrumental movement for a chamber quartet released under Rogai’s own name - is a glacially paced, yet incredibly moving piece of music.”

-The Line of Best Fit article/video)

"There are moments of sustained, weighted beauty when this quartet bows out mournful, yet wholly illuminated lines both in unison and interwoven around each players timbre-rich performance.  By far one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard this year."-Tome to the Weather Machine