- Dancing Universe (2019)
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Linda Dusman
for piano trio
ca. 8'30"
Dancing Universe, composed in honor of my parents who both passed away in 2015, quotes fragments of their favorite hymns in memoria. While composing, I was also reflecting on T.S. Eliot’s monumental poem Four Quartets, especially these passages:
“And the bird called in response tothe unheard music hidden in the shrubbery…I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope…But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting…So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness thedancing.”
The recording heard when viewing the score was performed by the Trio des Alpes (Hana Kotková, violin, Claude Hauri, cello, and Corrado Greco, piano).
- Thundersnow (2014)
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Linda Dusman
for violin, cello, and piano
ca. 11'45"
This piece is dedicated to Trio des Alpes.
Thundersnow explores the concept of transformation and the union of opposites. Coarse, rock-like fragments twist in counterpoint, melting into metallic surfaces that eventually take flight.
The recording, available upon opening the score, is performed by Trio des Alpes.
- Diverging Flints (2008)
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Linda Dusman
for violin, violoncello, and piano
ca. 13'00"
Diverging Flints was inspired by an Emily Dickenson poem (from which the title is a quote), in which the poet uses the spark created by struck flint as a metaphor for human interaction. In the interactions among the trio members and in its harmonic and rhythmic development, my composition celebrates the chance meeting, and its potential power to change forever the individuals involved.
The recording of this piece is by the Damocles Trio (Adam Kent, piano; Airi Yoshioka, violin; Sibylle Johner, cello) and can be heard when viewing the score. It was recorded at the Livewire Festival in 2010.
Click here to watch a performance (YouTube).
- Turbolenze del Blu (2014)
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Caterina Calderoni
for violin, cello, and piano
I happen to visualize sounds as a colour spread by means of borad brush-strokes over the timeline. Its shade, although apparenlty even, discloses ripllings, thickenings and nuances that make it restless and sometimes violent. Like the blue of deep waters or moonless nights.