Composed for the Quatuor Bozzini as part of their Composer’s Kitchen project. Premiered May 1st, 2010 in Montreal.
Bones of Glass
2009, 6”.
For string quartet.
Program notes
“Bones of Glass” is based upon spectral analyses of sounds produced by a glass vase as it is struck with progressively greater force. This process both guides the development of the piece’s harmonic fabric, as well as offering metaphoric significance: although the increasing blows reveal more and more of the sonic identity of the object, the striker continues with the knowledge that at a certain point the glass will shatter. The piece aims to reflect the fragility, tenuousness, and inevitability of the relationship between one who strikes and one who is struck.
