Passion, with text by German Expressionist poet Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), offers a disjunct, hallucinatory narrative of shifting images and figures, juxtaposing Orphic and Christian myths, all tinged with death and sexual guilt. This musical interpretation plays upon the fused dualities and fractured unities within the text.  Succulent, incestuous dissonances arise from the inter-breeding of equal-tempered and justly-tuned harmonies, while melodies spawn halos of encircling doppelgängers, only to draw them back in with a stony embrace. The English translation is by Petra Watzke (PhD candidate, Washington University in St. Louis), who collaborated with the composer on the poem's interpretation. 

Passion, performed by UCSD faculty and grad musicians

13 Note To Self MKMSTRV1 (2448)

12 Bailing From Heart MKMSTRV1 (2448)

11 Take Your Sorry Ass Home MKMSTRV1 (2448)

10 Interlude 2 MKMSTRV1 (2448)

09 Letter To A Friend MKMSTRV1 (2448)

08 Stupid Things MKMSTRV1 (2448)

06 More Than Friends MKMSTRV1 (2448)

05 Looming (Interlude 1) MKMSTRV1 (2448)

04 Don’t Look Too Far MKMSTRV1 (2448)

02 Purgatory MKMSTRV1 (2448)

Passion, performed by UCSD faculty and grad musicians

Paul Hembree | composer

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