Premiere by New Sound on the Fifth
Soprano: Amber Evans
Flute: Meera Gudipati
Violin: Tiffany Chang
Cello: Aaron Wolff
Piano: Lora Al-Ahmad
The gloss of life today seems to have faded, plated by layers of pressure, regret, and guilt that imprint heavily on our inner world. Perhaps our minds and bodies are locked in an endless tug-of-war between energy and entropy, a continuing process of conflict and reshaping that leaves us thoroughly lost. In the circumstances of this fatigue, fragments of memories shimmer in our minds, riveting a longing for the past and offering fleeting comfort-an emotional placebo that momentarily soothes the unease brought by the responsibilities of the present. The dig...