For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos. Commissioned by a consortium of music festivals including Salt Bay Chamberfest to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the work’s title comes from Ethan Canin’s novel A Doubter’s Almanac: “Are there not a thousand forms of sorrow? Is the sorrow of death the same as the sorrow of knowing the pain in a child’s future?”