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The Gate Illumined, for two sopranos and sinfonietta
Suggested excerpts: 1) 0:00 to 2:37, measures 1-79; 2) 4:59 to 7:06, measures 151-216
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony; premiered June 11, 2021 at the Palace Theater by David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire
This piece sets original translations of text by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, tracing an uncertain path from the embers of fall to the hesitant glow of spring.
Doppelgänger Streets, for violin and electronics
Suggested excerpts: 1) 0:00-1:35, measures 1-20; 2) 2:53-5:00, measures 40-59
Commissioned by Dr. Wendy Case; recorded November 15, 2021 by Nicholas Bentz, violin
Influenced by the smoky, ambiguous atmosphere of China Mieville’s novel The City and the City, this piece features a soloist wandering through shifting soundscapes of processed violin knocks and unsettling sine waves.
Minutes Between, for chamber strings
Suggested excerpts: 1) 1:02 to 3:40, measures 5-66; 2) 5:49 to 8:26, measures 112-151.
Premiered February 4, 2020 by Jebat Kee (conductor) and members of the Peabody Conservatory.
Peering into the gaps between barlines of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, this piece examines different forms of musical time against a flowing, romantic backdrop.
The Light That Breaks Through, concerto for piano and strings
Suggested excerpts: 1) 1:50 to 4:10, measures 12-60; 2) 10:22 to end, measures 151-end.
Written in residence at Millay Arts; premiered by Natalia Martynova, piano, Roman Kreslenko, conductor, and the Lviv Philharmonic March 30, 2021
Inspired by the shimmering unpredictability of crepuscular rays, this concerto follows a fantasizing pianist as strings emerge and retract into the soloist’s resonances.