you've been talking in your sleep |
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Premiere:
June 4, 2010 :: PRISM Quartet :: Symphony Space, New York City, NY
Duration:
ca. 8:30
Instrumentation:
saxophone quartet
Score:
View Score Sample
Program Notes:
I am often fascinated by sleep and dreams and, consequently, the incredibly weird and bizarre thoughts, ideas, experiences, and sounds that come out of this seemingly inactive and tranquil aspect of human existence. For instance, while working late at night, I frequently hear my wife talking aloud, presumably either to me or to something or someone with whom she is interacting in her dreams. The language is neither English nor gibberish and contains familiar words and sounds but is completely incomprehensible to me. I often imagine what it would be like to talk with her while she sleeps and experience what she experiences, but alas, I am awake and she is asleep—there is a veil of consciousness between us. For this piece, I imagined a musical language that is a sort of synthesis of both the clarity and compete nonsense of this surreal language—a kind of dialogue between the conscious self and the sleeping self. you've been talking in your sleep was commissioned by the PRISM Quartet.
Click here to hear the PRISM Quartet playing you've been talking in your sleep on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer.
Purchasing Information:
Score and parts are $50.00 plus $15.00 for shipping (continental US only, additional international charges apply). Payment is accepted via check or credit card. Performance materials will be mailed/emailed after payment is received. For any questions please contact David.
Performances:
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11/15/2012
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1:00pm :: Manchester Grand Hyatt :: San Diego, CA H2 Saxophone Quartet :: College Music Society National Conference |
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04/15/2012
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Fast Forward Austin Music Festival :: Austin, TX Bel Cuore Saxophone Quartet |
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04/10/2012
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6:00pm :: Anderson Recital Hall :: Prairie View A&M University :: Prairie View, TX Bel Cuore Saxophone Quartet |
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01/19/2012
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8:00pm :: DeVos Ballrooms A-D :: Michigan Music Conference :: Grand Rapids, MI The Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet |
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01/14/2012
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8:00pm :: Hill Auditorium :: University of Michigan :: Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Collage Concert :: Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet |
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05/05/2011
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Stamps Recital Hall :: University of Michigan School of Music :: Ann Arbor, MI The Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet |
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10/23/2010
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Midwest Composer's Symposium :: University of Cincinnati :: College Conservatory of Music :: Cincinnati, OH |
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10/11/2010
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Britton Recital Hall :: University of Michigan School of Music :: Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan Student Compser's Collective Concert |
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06/05/2010
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Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA PRISM Quartet |
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06/04/2010
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Symphony Space, New York City, NY PRISM Quartet (World Premiere) |
