Allure for string, wind, brass, or saxophone chamber ensembles (2021-22)
Allure is a series of compositions for standard chamber ensembles (string quartet, wind quintet, brass quintet, and saxophone quartet) that explores the basic building blocks of Iannis Xenakis’s Charisma for clarinet and cello: oppositional timbres and dynamic envelopes. While Xenakis’s composition, which was very influential on my development as a composer, carefully juxtaposes and merges these disparate materials, this work approaches that task is a more variable manner. Transparencies, a nod of course to Cage, are employed that put each performer on an independent trajectory through different combinations of sounds and dynamic shapes, resulting in unpredictable intermixtures of these elements. Other related compositions include Animal Magnetism (instrumental duos), Captivation (mixed chamber ensembles), and Gravity (orchestra or other large instrumental ensemble).
The recording of Allure below features Oleg Yatsyna, Yura Kalinovsky, Aleksandra Ivanova, and Mikhail Radunski.
Download Allure for string quartet PDF score
Download Allure (II) for wind quintet PDF score