In this piece, I seek to capture the inevitable passing of time during periods of distress. Time freezes, life stops and shatters into pieces, as do words of a poem separated into phonemes. These phonemes are all true constituents of the whole, yet taken together they don’t form a complete whole. In times of trouble, nothing is the same anymore, the flute and saxophone play multiple notes at once instead of melodies, and violin notes slide as if not able to sustain themselves. Even the sound of the piano is defamiliarized and evokes an uncanniness of the moment. In this recording, Nicholas DeMaison in the act of conducting brings the fractured pieces together.
In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.
Performers: The International Contemporary Ensemble