september/november 2022 
bass added and remixed, possible final that will be on the cd 
lyrics: 
wanting you instead, i was here before 
whirling out your window, i hated you before 
it dont change nothing, i know 
i was here before 
dont make me decide
i dont want to be stuck on the wall 
if you want me to stay, barking all the way 
say you hear my call !!!
you know now, what you were missing 
i knew, just who you were kisisng 
does that change something, my love? 
you always meant more, to me. 
was i given two cards? I was... 
you! picked yourself apart 
every day, take a break 
if you were my friend, too 
dont say "I love you" 
whoever i was before, i know right now 
only right now, against my will 
im yours.

Barking (Bass Demo)

SIGN

si00

swim

from distant Obninsk

"I'm under protest to God"
     --Isaac Bashevis Singer

solo acoustic guitar composition by Gary Lucas 
drawing by David Scher
recorded live to iPhone on my 1941 Gibson J-45 
4/19/24 NYC

"Under Protest to God"--Gary Lucas

https://cassandramiller.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/about-bach/

This string quartet is an expansion of a solo work for viola (of the same name) which was commissioned by philanthropist Daniel Cooper for violist Pemi Paull. It’s a piece about process, about Pemi’s musicality, about Bach of course, and in the end, about the Quatuor Bozzini.

I first took a recording of a short phrase (the first phrase in major) of the famous Chaconne from Bach’s Partita no. 2, performed live by Pemi. I then meticulously transcribed the recording with the help of some software — this is a process I’ve developed over some years to apprehend the exact rhythmic musicality of a performance, capturing as well various artifacts such as the viola’s upper partials as they change within each bow-stroke.

The opening of the piece is simply this transcribed phrase of Bach, with a harmony of my own making, which turns the phrase into a gently jaunty chorale. From there the phrase goes through a somewhat inaudible process that is simply let to run, until it runs itself out. It’s a constant meandering, a non-developmental piece in an extreme sense. My interest (and freedom) in exploring such a simple form comes directly from working with the Quatuor Bozzini, and this string quartet version is a souvenir of gratitude for years of great inspiration.

About Bach

About Bach, Quatuor Bozzini, premiere, excerpt: last 6 minutes (2015)

Cindy Lee - No Worth No Cost

Nektyr

demen 'ambur'

For Soprano and Ensemble
Recording performed by Juliet Fraser and Klangforum Wien, conducted by Bas Wiegers.
Commissioned by SWR, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Casa da Musica Porto. 
First performed by Juliet Fraser and Klangforum Wien, conducted by Titus Engel at Donaueschingen Musiktage, 14 October 2016.

View score - 
https://issuu.com/editionpeters/docs/ep14188_online

"Under Protest to God"--Gary Lucas

gary@garylucas.com

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