Dangerous Curves Ahead (DIGITAL)
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EJS-002-CSD
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Composer: Emily Joy Sullivan
Duration: 8:30
Scoring: Piano Trio (violin, cello, piano)
Materials: Digital Score and Set of Parts (8.5x11)
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Duration: 8:30
Scoring: Piano Trio (violin, cello, piano)
Materials: Digital Score and Set of Parts (8.5x11)
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Are you interested in a physical version of this title?
Program Note
Dangerous Curves Ahead was inspired by the road sign of that name. I wanted to write a piece that unabashedly embraced my love of song and dance traditions and explored rapid, dramatic changes instead of slow, linear processes. The first section features the swift, albeit repetitive, movement we might associate with driving. It swerves “dangerously” at times, but always returns to its incessant forward movement. The second theme is a more sultry, calm interpretation of “curves.” The third theme reflects more on the idea of something “ahead” of us. Here, instead of momentum, action, and unprepared changes, we enter the world of reflection. We experience the tension that can accompany feelings of spaciousness and groundlessness: the unknowability of the future, the terrifying vastness of time and space. From that somewhat heavy, climactic place, the piece returns to the more kinetic, blues-influenced themes it began with, and ends with a bang.
— Emily Joy Sullivan
— Emily Joy Sullivan
Reproduction Notice:
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.