COMPOSER
Spirare
Arrangement for Violin, Viola, and Violoncello (July 2023) 6’
Duration: 6’
Written for En Route
Premiered by En Route on September 10, 2023 at 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD
Program Notes:
Since composing the opening of Spirare, which features several techniques that emulate air, I have associated the piece with breathing and an attempt to achieve a state of tranquility. Active textures persist for most of the piece until the ending, where the active textures, now more subdued, accompany the viola as it slowly alternates between two dyads, like slow, meditative breaths.
Spirare, performed by En Route:
Amir Nasseri, violin
Kimia Hesabi, viola
Erin Snedecor, cello
Orlando Johnson, movement
presented by Mind on Fire