It was given its world premiere by the cellist Zuill Bailey the South Florida Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sebrina María Alfonso on March 5, 2020, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
[1] The concerto is dedicated to Zuill Bailey and Sebrina María Alfonso and written in memory of the cellists Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich.
Orchestral incidents are replete with instrumental color and surprise, as when plucked strings underpin the cello's angular fragments.
"[3] Dennis D. Rooney of the Palm Beach Arts Paper similarly remarked, "The concerto's three linked movements suggested a meditation on melodic gestures from the American vernacular.
The blues hovered over the work allusively, but the musical materials always generated multifaceted meanings that were compelling yet evanescent, ranging from gently introspective to aggressive.