bridging : isolation (2013)
Commission: Dan Gelok, saxophone
Duration: 6.5 minutes
Premiere: July 2013 | Dan Gelok (saxophone), Chan Yoong Han (violin) and Shane Thio (piano) | Singapore
Performance: March 2014 | Talea Ensemble | Waltham MA (alternate instrumentation)
April 2014 | Ensemble Dal Niente | Normal IL
May 2014 | New York New Music Ensemble | Brooklyn NY (alternate instrumentation)
November 14 2018 | SETTS Ensemble | Singapore (alternate instrumentation)
November 28 2018 | SETTS Ensemble | Singapore (alternate instrumentation)
Instrumentation: alto saxophone, violin and piano
Alternate Instrumentation: clarinet, violin and piano
Program Information:
This title comes from an almost random set of associations, but sums up what the trio is about – making connections in solitary. I wanted to write a trio that uses all three instruments together to highlight some of the most idiomatic gestures for each particular instrument. In a way, the instruments bridge the space between each other like in chamber music. In other ways, each texture is isolated like in solos.
This title comes from an almost random set of associations, but sums up what the trio is about – making connections in solitary. I wanted to write a trio that uses all three instruments together to highlight some of the most idiomatic gestures for each particular instrument. In a way, the instruments bridge the space between each other like in chamber music. In other ways, each texture is isolated like in solos.