Listen to "Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" now!
6/3/2026
I'm excited to finally share a recording of my string quartet Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
The piece is inspired by John Koenig's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – a collection of invented words for emotions we all recognize but rarely have a name for. Each movement explores one of these elusive emotional states:
etterath – the emptiness that follows the completion of something long awaited.
aftersome – the wonder of looking back at the improbable sequence of events that brought you to this moment.
allope – the quiet loneliness certain places seem to carry.
morii – the urge to preserve a fleeting experience before it slips away.
anemoia – nostalgia for a time or place you've never actually known.