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Katherine Balch
With Each Breathing
| Subtitle | for string quartet |
|---|---|
| Year(s) composed | 2015 |
| Publisher | Schott Music |
| Duration | 10' |
| Premiere | August 7, 2015; Santa Fe Music Festival, St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art, NM; FLUX Quartet |
| Commission | Commissioned by the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival |
| Composer note | This piece is an appropriation and reinterpretation/ obfuscation of some of the sounds and gestures from the inner movements of Beethoven's Opp. 130 & 131. It deals with the expression of breath through music (inhaling, exhaling, panting, pranayama, etc.), the strength in fragility, and my love and fragmented memories of Beethoven's late Quartets. The title, With Each Breathing, is taken from e.e.cumming’s poem, somewhere i have never traveled. The form of this piece is ascherzo / rondo hybdrid form.Each time material returns,it is more fragmented, like a hazy memory. – Katherine Balch |