Commissioned by violinist Lara St. John, The Pain Will Find Us is a transcription and arrangement of a Greek folk tune from the Vasilis Paiteris recording Song of Greece's Gypsies. St. John sent Psathas a selection of folk tunes from which to choose and base two new works on. Psathas chose o ilios (the sun), a tsamikos dance from Roumeli (the colloquial name for the central region of Greece), and dui dui (two two), which he renamed My Love Awakes and The Pain Will Find Us, respectively.
Alternately dreamy and manic, with memorable melodies and stern technical demands on the performer, this could easily be an effective substitute on recital programs for the showpieces that have been played for 100 years.
