PARALLEL ISOLATIONS

Composed: 2021
Commission: Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony for their Cafe Ludwig Chamber Music Series
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: Flute/Alto Flute, Violin, Cello, Piano

PROGRAM NOTES

Parallel Isolations was commissioned in 2020 specifically to be streamed during the Pandemic with the idea that the musicians would play and record their parts from their homes rather than within the ensemble.  The fact that we were isolated from one another but still making music together (and yet not together) was unique and exciting, and also somewhat unnerving.  Parallel Isolations reveals the tensions and emotions of being isolated from others.  Various moods rush past, nervous tension, moments of happiness, moments of depression, lethargy or repose, until a nervous energy and anxiety creeps in again and grows to a frenetic blur.