2019
6′ 30”
Program Notes
Glass Embrace depicts the evolving, crystalline structures of a kaleidoscope. Normally, when looking through a kaleidoscope we can only observe the overall process, flitting through a wide range of colors before the eye has a chance to catch them. However, in Glass Embrace , only a small rotation is depicted, maybe only a millimeter of movement, but it is slowed down so we can hear how these colors slowly unfold, and the spectrum appears as a dappled light through a crystal canopy. Rather than being part of the larger fanfare we normally see, these changes now appear delicate, with each shade given its time to flourish, before inevitably fading away.
Premiere Information
Glass Embrace was commissioned as part of the Etching Music Festival, and was premiered by Ensemble Linea.
Conductor: Jean-Philippe Wurtz
Flute: Keiko Murakami
Clarinet: Adam Starkie
Piano: Ieva Dūdaitė-Radžiūnė
Violin: Winnie Huang
Viola: Elodie Gaudet
Cello: Johannes Burghoff