Three Primordial Waters 

(2024) c. 7' 30"

for Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Alto Saxophone

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Movements:

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I. Tides of First Life (c. 3')

II. Golden Ripples from Golden Fish (c. 2' 30")

III. Waves and Fish-Eyed Dwellers (c. 2')

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Program Notes:

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Three Primordial Waters was commissioned by flutist Kate O'Leary and clarinetist John Giordano. I was inspired to write this piece based on three fantasy concepts of water that I imagined up when I was a child. Water can both be fluid and rigid, static and nimble, shimmering and dim. I wanted to portray these concepts through texture and timbre with the interplay of water-like gestures and motions, the distance of harmonies, register, and shifts in meters and rhythms. Each movement features a different instrument as the primary voice, with movement I featuring the flute, movement II featuring the saxophone, and movement III featuring the clarinet.

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