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Very often, it seems, my music takes on a life of its own. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when I started this composition but it didn’t take long for the piece to decide what it wanted to be. The sources of the tape part are not important. The inspiration for the …
The piece is in four sections, each touching upon the four main elements: wind, fire, water, and earth. The pre-recorded part is largely ambient and the piece can be performed without it. My interest in mixing the four elements together lies mostly in the moments of transition from one element to another. I promise that …
This is the second piece I’ve called a “sonatiny,” which is meant have an even smaller scope than a sonatina. There are two sections, the first is a slow and crunchy chorale that turns into a hypnotic and static segment before a brusque and punchy fast section. The subtitle of this work “old wine in …