#vitare

Hello! My name is Rylan Gleave and this week I will be the guest-editor of this new edition of Composer Portraits. Join us for this exciting week with contemporary music from me.

Today on Musica in Extenso:

Vitare [to avoid] For flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, born in F, bassoon and piano A work for attempting to understand more comprehensive textures in my writing, this piece used clear motivic material and block-type sections, to embody the firm reluctance I felt when trying to engage in conversation that had any depth, with someone I was growing further and further apart from. The faster music builds in dynamic and intensity but ultimately always culminates in the same pathetic repeated note sequence over sustained chords, that regresses back to the opening material, the unwillingness to change. The ending is particularly feeble, and represents how much relief and release was felt after the climactic point, a particular argument where we parted ways. The audio file was created using NotePerformer, as I am still awaiting the first performance.