Posthaste for singing cellist (2021-2022), composed by Lily Koslow.
Written for and performed  by Andrew Yee
Commissioned by the Composers Guild of New Jersey

Program Notes:
Posthaste for solo cello was inspired by a quotation from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, Minuet II. Musical fragments dance, flit, and swirl in dramatic discourse until the listener is transported back to the 18th century, where the quotation appears in a veiled, distorted format. This presentation of the Bach represents an imaginary historical recording of the first-ever performance of the piece, which in reality occurred long before recording technology was developed. Inspired by the lo-fi aesthetic of degrading physical audio formats such as an old wax cylinder and a warped record, blips in the music intensify to the point of ripping a hole in the space-time continuum, at which point the Bach is released from the constraints of its historical context and free to meander and flourish in the modern epoch. The work is dedicated to Andrew Yee, whose radiant joy and love of music inspired Lily as a budding musician. Lily included humming and sung vowels to explore how Andrew’s voice can fuse with various timbres of the cello.

Posthaste

Premiere of Unyielding Iron at Silo City (Buffalo) 

Metropolis Ensemble
David Leon (fl.) Laura Cocks (fl.) Lauren Cauley (vl.) Eliana Yang (vc.) Madison Greenstone (cl.)


Unyielding Iron

Amberes

Interpretado por Cuarteto de cuerdas de la UNTREF en el marco del ciclo Otros horizontes.
Agosto 2019 
Rosario, Santa Fe. Argentina

David Nuñez: violín I
Carlos Britez: Violín II
Mariano Malamud: Viola
Martín Devoto: Violoncello

Desde, hasta [2018]

María Lihuén Sirvent – Flauta/flautín
Noelia García – clarinete
Alejandro Lorca – acordeón  
Gonzalo Mollo Quetglas  – acordeón
Emilio González Tapia – piano eléctrico
Aquiles Oliva – viola

Unyielding Iron

Lih Sirvent

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