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Shouting At The Wall

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A wonderful live recording of my setting of the Robert Frost poem. This piece was composed for Lux in 2020 and premiered by them in their "Traditions Renewed" concert in Jan 2023.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (performed by Lux Choir 1/7/23) - Dave Dexter

There are forests on Earth that endure extreme winters, places where temperatures can reach up to -40/-50C.
They are called Taiga 
Plants and animals go into hibernation hoping they have stored enought nutrients to survive another extreme seasson.
A once thriving forest full of beauty, sounds and colours turn in to a deadly , almost lifeless , colourless and soundless frozen desert.
Life`s clock seems to slow down to a halt while hours turn to days , days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months.
Until the first sun rays strong enough to stop the ice and snow`s  deadly grip ,appear..
Like an explosion...Life`s clock speeds up while the forest heart beats faster and faster, the forest is awaking along with its inhabitants..
Spring returns ...Life begins ....again...

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Photo by Bernat Rangil , Bernat is a wonderful photographer with an incredible eye for beauty.
He has a wonderful heart, after I spoke to him he gave me permission to use his work as cover for my new piece. Visit his site, it will bring you a smile.
https://pixabay.com/users/bernat-848806/

Taiga

BINARY OPPOSITIONS: Fifteen Sound Textures in 44 Corridors of a Poly-sonorous Multiverse

Consider the binary opposition in music between such factors as traditional tonality and modern pan-sonority: between natural and synthetic sounds, beauty and ugliness, celebration and satire. Consider also the opposition between contemporary and "primitive" musical cultures, between the Western and Eastern traditions, and between the orchestral and the electronic means of producing sound. The overall purpose of this work is to take various phrases, expressions and methods which would not otherwise easily co-exist and to blend them together in unified poly-sonority. "Wyschnegradsky compares musical poly-sonority with the concept of the Absolute, and equates it with … the point where all of music's dualisms are united and annulled." (See Ed Campbell's Boulez, Music and Philosophy, p. 65). In Kantian or Hegelian terms (or musicologically, in the terms of Adorno), the goal is to find a "transcendental" entry point into a certain region, or domain of thought and sound. On the other hand, this fusion and rendering can be considered as a satirical exploration, or parody, in part, of the very notion of any full expression of "the Absolute" in purely aural or sonic terms; or at the very least, it may be looked upon as an exploration of the binary opposition between parody and celebration, between seriousness and satire, or the unqualified affirmation of trans-universality and any attempt to ridicule such an idea.

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BINARY OPPOSITIONS — Fifteen Sound Textures in 44 Corridors of a Poly-sonorous Multiverse

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