Hand considers a short, long-held figure passed from one guitarist to the other even as the resonance fades to stillness. From this, the piece develops into a lucious, melodic duo. Hand describes the writing, “After they were passed a few times from one guitar to the other, I began exploring a second theme, a melody in stepwise motion. I had used this progression of notes before in my piece Chorale, and was still interested in exploring more possibilities, still intrigued by the new harmonies su...