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This piece is the first movement is a suite (5 parts) that took nearly 2 years of my life. It's a live recording from Merkin Hall, and the piece is about Alzheimer's Disease, from the caretaker's perspective. The whole work is titled "All Our Yesterdays" and is 43 minutes in length.
I. At the Edge: Flute, String Quartet, and Piano.
This movement deals with that moment when one realizes he or she must now become the caretaker in that tragic and yet ironic situation where the child becomes “parent” to the parent. The image I have is plunging off a cliff into freezing water, then pulling oneself up to come right back to where you started--but with a new perspective. There are moments of agitation, instability, and raw expression that are inseparable from organic thought and growth.
I. At the Edge: Flute, String Quartet, and Piano.
This movement deals with that moment when one realizes he or she must now become the caretaker in that tragic and yet ironic situation where the child becomes “parent” to the parent. The image I have is plunging off a cliff into freezing water, then pulling oneself up to come right back to where you started--but with a new perspective. There are moments of agitation, instability, and raw expression that are inseparable from organic thought and growth.
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TobinMueller
This is wonderful. The lines are emotive and powerful,
with a sense of folk and romance, and wonderful quartet
interplay, hints at fugues that never quite develop, great
counterpoint that stops too soon, all evoking a sense of
life too short. The way you move the main voice from
instrument to instrument is marvelous. Reminds me a bit
of Ravel's string quartet. I love the inhales between
phrases, too. Very nice balance between all the voices.
The flute ending solo surprised me, made me think again
about meaning and passion and the last days.