I gazed upon an easterly vista and 
Beheld a swift sunrise in 
The cool morning. 
Its warmth did not drive away the chill,
But I was comforted nonetheless. 
The distant waves stretched into infinity before me. 
...
More ambient Polybrute music! I recorded two versions of this track that are pretty different. I'm going to release these as an album on my bandcamp.

The Sea (version 1)

Kick Flam 808

Josh and Travis talk about the time Travis won a race, the time Travis ran in work boots to get a producer their coffee and a celebrity edition of Stacked or Whacked!

Stacking Wood Episode 26 - Josh & Travis

Performed on May 18, 2018. 

Rufus Müller, tenor

Maeve Schallert, violin
Lily Moerschel, cello
Eva Grunblatt, clarinet/bass clarinet
Gabriela Rosado, flute
Corey Chang, piano
Sam Gohl & Ryan Voell, percussion

Michael Patterson, conductor

Ethan Isaac, master engineer

Notes on the piece:

Back in 2018, I wrote a song cycle based on eight poems of Catullus, an ancient Roman poet. I centered the narrative of my work around the passionate yet hotheaded character presented in many of his poems. In the final movement of this piece, "Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire" (which I'm sharing here), we encounter the character of Catullus just after a fiery break-up with his famed lover, Lesbia. When composing this movement I sought to capture the two conflicting sides of Catullus' character: the one that wants to be tough and hide all feelings, and the one that wants to openly express raw emotion. I thought the words in this poem still resonate with our own present-day society's expectations to ignore our feelings and treat them as a sign of weakness rather than true strength.

The Sea (version 1)

clam

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