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Introspection Pensive, emnotional, and beautiful.
(String
Quintet; 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db). Premiered
on August 10, 2016 in Grand Teton, WY.
Audio clip of the string quartet, Introspect, performed in a live concert at the Vashon Chamber Music Festival, May 2011, by the Odeon Quartet: by Gennady Filimonov and Artur Girsky, violins; Heather Bentley, viola and Rowena Hammill, cello. __________________________
Related works:
Introspect (for string quartet)
Ebb, from Current Events (for string quintet with two violas)
Remembrance (for string orchestra)
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Introspection adds the embrace of the low tones of a double bass to its predecessor, a string quartet titled, Introspect. The music was written at the end of a year that brought some welcome self-reflection regarding loss and the persistence of hope, and I think that this piece surveys some of that private emotional terrain. It also mirrors a larger subject: the fragility of our precious natural world, and an eery sense of dread as one ponders the well-being of this planet's vulnerable creatures.
Beginning in relative stillness, the music unfolds with solemn tones that lead to lyrical interchanges between grief, melancholy, and shades of promise. By the last notes, there is something left unanswered that balances precariously between deep sorrow, resolute acceptance, and uneasy calm.
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