HOWL (2023)
for viola, baritone saxophone and fixed media 34'
I - a Reference to Vivaldi
II - Mormorio
III - Grida
IV - Dorme
V - Hommage à Grisey
Performances
World Premiere
04.08.23 . 8pm CEST . Willyn Whiting PhD Dissertation Recital . Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theatre, College of Music, University of North Texas, 415 Ave C . Denton, TX . US
*Elsie Bae Han, Viola, Wilson Poffenberger, Baritone Saxophone*
Pastorale (2022)
for viola and electronics 06'
Performances
European Premiere
12.30.22 . 8pm CEST . Resilience Festival 2022: Resilience Sounds Part II . Teatro Del Fuoco, Vicolo Cutino 6, 71121 . Foggia . IT
* Roberta Michelini*
12.03.22 . 8pm EDT . Bleep Blorp: A Master's Recital . The Boston Conservatory, Ipswich Building 106 , 132 Ipswich Street . Boston, MA . US
*Elsie Bae Han*
World Premiere
07.02.22 . 10am EDT . SPLICE Institute 2022: Concert 1 . D1005, Multimedia Room, Dalton Center, Western Michigan University, College of Fine Arts . 1300 Theater Drive, Kalamazoo, MI . US
*Elsie Bae Han*
Description
Pastorale (2022) and HOWL (2023) are two pieces which explore the topics of animal representation and metaphor in music. Both quote the second movement of Vivaldi’s Spring, which features a violist imitating a dog barking. HOWL was composed for RE: Duo and in partial fulfillment of a doctorate in composition.
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