Épodo (2000) - Jesús Torres

Épodo (2000) - Jesús Torres
Yun Qu Tan, tenor saxophone
Recorded in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall at Northwestern University
June 2022
In his program notes, Torres mentions that the impetus for writing this piece stems from a reading of Horace's Epodes no. 11. Horace was a roman poet whose collection of poems titled Epodes were often set to music, in particular, Torres was interested in the emotional response triggered by the poetic and musical form.
The work is divided into 2 sections with the first developing from a group of four multiphonics, this beginning which is clear and delicate, gradually gives way to extremely virtuosic and violent material.