A Human Textile Pattern to Stop you from Yawning › 2018
bassoon, viola, piano | 22:00 | for Ludovico Ensemble
premiere: Ludovico Ensemble; December 11, 2018 at St. Paul’s Church, Brookline MA
mvts:
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II. –
III. entirely without affect
IV. Sinfonia: ‘With 14 Bodies, it Looks like 35’
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VI. Sinfonia: Double
VII. still
n o t e s
A Human Textile Pattern to Stop you from Yawning is named for a woodblock from 1842 print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. It takes Kuniyoshi's humor and decorative impulse as its inspiration.
score: pdf download | hard copy