Returnings for flute, cello and percussion (2009), ca. 10’
These Program Notes were taken from the Premiere Performance by Dinosaur Annex in Boston.
One aspect of music that fascinates me is how tension and drama can be created by contrasting the effects of familiarity and dissimilarity found in my musical materials. Bridging this dichotomy between continuity and discontinuity parallels my attempt to integrate the two sound worlds of East and West. The title Returnings also refers to my personal story. After making Boston my home for more than a decade, and then living away from Boston for another decade, it gives me great pleasure to return here once again to work with my old friends at Dinosaur Annex. Anything but extinct, I am happy to find the 'Dinosaurs' more culturally vibrant and alive than ever.
This piece is a tribute to the virtuosic playing of Sue-Ellen, Michael, and Bob, and is dedicated to Dinosaur Annex with true thanks for their unrelenting, persistent vision of presenting new music to Boston audiences.
Commission from: Dinosaur Annex Ensemble
Score available from Trigon Music Press
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