A Portrait of Lydian Grey
Abstract / Program Notes
As the title suggests, this composition explores lydian sororities. The sharped 4ths give a lustrous gleam to harmonies with soaring expressive melodies overhead. And while the portrait is an etude of expression, there is a feeling of melancholic dread that casts a shade of grey upon the canvas. The portrait begins with a horn call with “Wilde” intervals that illustrate expansive reach. The call is echoed at the end and played “lontano” or “in the distance” as picture fades away and its lustre turns to grey…
A Portrait of Lydian Grey
As the title suggests, this composition explores lydian sororities. The sharped 4ths give a lustrous gleam to harmonies with soaring expressive melodies overhead. And while the portrait is an etude of expression, there is a feeling of melancholic dread that casts a shade of grey upon the canvas. The portrait begins with a horn call with “Wilde” intervals that illustrate expansive reach. The call is echoed at the end and played “lontano” or “in the distance” as picture fades away and its lustre turns to grey…