I often have vivid dreams.  Some dreams are dramatic, volatile and colorful gestures like abstract paintings.  Some are fluid, and I hear fragments of melody.  As a composer, I get up in the middle of night to sketch image of dreams and write down the tunes that I hear for my future composition.  THREE IMAGES has three brief, yet distinctive movements.  Each movement reflects a dream and depicts it musically.  My music is intensely personal, and I hope it speaks for itself. 

THREE IMAGES is commissioned and premiered by Lost Dog New Music Ensemble.  The premiere performance was on November 9, 2007 at Waltz-Astoria Café and subsequently at Tenri Cultural Institute in New York on November 11, 2007.  THREE IMAGES is dedicated to my friend Garth Edwin Sunderland. 
      - Paul Yeon Lee


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THREE IMAGES for Clarinet in B-flat and Violoncello (2007)
III. Passion: Appassionato molto
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