About the creation

Yizkor for flute alone was written in December 1995, following the murder of Yitzhak Rabin, and is dedicated to his memory. The piece began, as if writing itself, after the disastrous murder. The paralysing shock the feeling of helplessness and the initial wave of emotions started to change into kind of sustained sadness that refused to disappear. Slowly, the preoccupation with the melodic line, through the voice of the single instrument, so exposed and vulnerable, turned into a desire to attempt and articulate the essence of pain. Yinam Leef