Lesions for French Horn and Piano by Catherine Likhuta

Watch the performance video on YouTube. Composer's Notes: Lesions (2017) was originally written for a trio of horn, clarinet and cello, and commissioned by Paul Dean for Ensemble Q (Brisbane, Australia). This 2018 version for horn and piano was created for Peter Luff and myself to include in our 2018 US tour. Live recording from Peter Luff's BGSU visiting artist recital, October 27, 2018 Performers: Peter Luff (horn) and Catherine Likhuta (piano) Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, OH, USA Program notes: The term “lesions” refers to regions in organs and tissue which have suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess or tumour. I first heard this term in 2004, when my mother (age 42 at that time) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis. While she had suffered from many disturbing, unexplainable and painful symptoms for sixteen years prior to that, the diagnosis of MS did not bring us any relief or closure. Virtually every family has a lov