If there is a dead thing still rotting (2021)

FOR FLUTE AND RECITED TEXT ALONE

If there is a dead thing still rotting takes its title from a line of poet Muriel Leung’s BONE CONFETTI, a collection of work intertwined with the relationships between death and mourning. Leung writes, “There are two types of survivors at the end of the world—lovers and ghosts who die, are revived, and die again. Each death and resurrection carves its way into the landscape of a wrecked city where skies are flocked by molten birds and trees grow in shades of ash.”

This reaction to Leung’s work incorporates a poem entitled “The Lost Years” from the subsection “In Abstensia-Land: A Funeral.” The performer recites the text of the work throughout the piece, stretching to bridge and emphasize the interdependency of text, sound, and meaning.

If there is a dead thing still rotting was written for flutist Denis Savelyev as part of a collaboration between the Peabody Institute’s Flute and Composition Departments, and was premiered on November 29, 2021.

For more information about Muriel Leung's BONE CONFETTI, visit www.murielleung.com/bone-confetti.

Denis Savelyev, flute and recited text
November 29, 2021
Baltimore, MD

If There Is A Dead Thing Still Rotting (2021)

“Rose” is the last scene of a larger operatic work called a grain of sand.  In this opera, a woman wakes up on a deserted beach having lost her memory.  After regaining consciousness, various objects arrive on the beach that relate to her in some way. As she inspects the objects, the woman attempts to make observations of who she may have been and what may have happened to her.  In this scene the woman has made several failed attempts at forming a conclusion about her identity and realizes through the inspiration of the beach around her that she is not a single thing but rather an amalgamation of thousands of moments and memories that are constantly changing; just as the sand changes with the tide along the shore.

Rose

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Sort of Revolution

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Market is a set of 3 fruit-inspired character pieces for unaccompanied soprano saxophone. The movements are: 
I. Crisp Yellow
II. Sweet Red
III. Bitter Blue

Performance by Caleb Burkhardt at Bowling Green State University, November 2017.

Market (2017)

The Classic Crime - Headlights (Cover)

Ashot Sarkissjan solo violin
Szymon Bywalec conductor 
OMN Ensemble
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commisioned by the OMN, with the financial support of IMiT
photo by Bartek Barczyk
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Written for the Opera Etudes class at the Peabody Institute of Music, this etude sets text from Avatar: the Last Airbender. In this particular scene, one of the lead antagonists, the psychologically tormented Azula, sees a vision of her mother the night before her premature coronation. 

Composer: Allison Simpkins
Voice: Erica d'Ancona
Clarinet: Sophia Bracken
Violin: Nicolle Avila
Harp: Anju Felix
Bassoon/Contrabassoon: Lara Villanueva

This piece was written and performed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. All parts were recorded asynchronously.

Monster - Azula's Mad Scene

"the new normal" is the third of three movements that use the same text describing the various emotions brought on by the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this movement, the singer takes a moment to pull themself together before joining yet another online class for the day. This is perhaps the most personal of the three, as it is a reflection of actual conversations I had with myself while struggling to keep up with online school, work, and composing.

This entire work was recorded asynchronously.

Composer: Allison Simpkins
Mezzo-soprano: Caroline Lacy
Viola: Ethan Buell
Harp: Sarah Pearson

Rose

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