Thursday, May 1, 2008

Sunflower


I can't explain what happened to me. I can tell you that things became reckless and self-destructive. In the midst of achieving my best achievements, I also achieved my all time lows. They both coincided with the loss of an anchor.

Hindsight is 20/20. But when thinking about what me, myself, and I want - there is still what should be.

I remember the orchestra more than anything. And warm summer nights in the desert. "The Right of Spring" - Stravinski! What a pleasure to hear such a monumental work from the front rows of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion with Salonen conducting. Nothing can replace those moments.

It is a work that is almost 13 years old. I completed it on August 3rd, 1995. It is a hard piece to re-visit. I have to re-write most of it. It isn't acceptable to leave it as it was when all was unknown. It has been answered.

Melancholia - 5 Movements for Solo Piano was already complete. I hope I can find a pianist that will grab it by the throat and move some earth.

"Sunflower" - flute, piano, cello, percussion (vibes, waterphone, crotales, oceanharp).

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