The Windowed Present (2020)
Clarinet, violin, cello, and piano | 6'
This work is partially inspired by the concept of "multiply-directed time," found in the writings of Jonathan D. Kramer, which describes how objects in musical time can create multiple and conflicting time-streams. Another source of inspiration is the concept of "the specious present," as discussed in the writings of William James; this is the brief amount of time that the human mind can perceive as a moment, or a "now." These fleeting windows of perception are represented by the measures of the piece, in which past, present, and future are combined and reinterpreted through a semi-systematic approach. Though we move inexorably through time, resonances abound across musical time-space, bringing past, present, and future into one consciousness.
Although this work has been remotely recorded twice, it has not (as of November, 2021) been performed in person due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
RECORDING
This recording was created as part of the 2021 June in Buffalo Festival, with each performer recording individually and remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman, conductor; Adrián Sandí, clarinets; Lisa Moore, piano; Courtney Orlando, violin; Lauren Radnofsky, cello. Sound engineering, editing, mixing and mastering by Paul Coleman.
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