Solar Seethe

Instrumentation

Pierrot + Percussion: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion (Xylophone, Vibraphone, Tenor Drum, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Crotales, Triangle)

Programme Notes

Warm glittering rays of light, in seething clouds of gas, radiant shimmers, and blinding blaze, an opening in the dark curtain of the sky, bestowing life with a light from beyond, the sun can encapsulate a wide range of states and Solar Seethe portrays its varied faces. Seemingly constant and primal, the sun inspires a rich palette of poetic symbolism. As the unblinking, all-seeing eye of the universe, it has at times been as sacred as a god, and feared for its wrath.

Performance History

August 3, 2010: Waterville, Maine, Colby College Strider Theatre, Atlantic Music Festival

January 15, 2011: Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Public Library, Performed by the Standing Wave Ensemble

March 25, 2011: Vancouver, BC, Western Front, Performed by the Standing Wave Ensemble

April 13, 2016: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kevreson Hall, Performed by Converge New Music Collective

Recording

Performed by Atlantic Music Festival’s Contemporary Ensemble, Waterville, Maine, 2010
Sheridan Seyfriend as Conductor, Elise Shope on Flute, Alice Wang on Clarinet, Clement Luu on Violin; Jonah Kim on Cello, Bill Shaltis on percussion, and Mei-Hsuan Huang on piano

Performed by Converge New Music Collective, Ann Arbor, MI, 2016
Conner Darling, Percussion, Deborah Grimmett, Piano, Claire Nalven, Clarinet, Helen Peyrebrune, Cello, Paula Su, Violin and Anna Thompson, Flute

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