Fr.XVI.a–g for resonator guitar and violin
Channel: Pat Muchmore
Date: 2023-04-10

Featuring the incredible James Moore and Andie Tanning on resonator guitar and violin respectively. Description of piece below.

If you want to skip to the various movements:
00:00 Start
05:14 a. Las Brisas Resort, Acapulco — marzo 19
08:27 b. Ciudad de México 1 — marzo 21
09:37 c. Ciudad de México 2 — marzo 26
13:55 e. Amsterdam, Nederland 1 — maart 21 & 25
16:39 f. Amsterdam, Nederland 2 — maart 22–23
19:53 g. Chichén Itzá — 13.0.3.12.10 8 Ok 13 Yaxk'in

The next part of the concert is here: https://youtu.be/fBhwlcELlRA
And the final part is here: https://youtu.be/9XWSEUnupak

Fr.XVI.a–g is a collection of seven fragments, each written in one or two sittings (possibly with more or less extensive editing at a later date) during vacations, or on interesting dates, or at interesting locations in my day-to-day life. Although each piece creates its own soundworld, all but the first are united by the same tone row and in their use of Stravinsky-like hexachordal rotations of the same. The row is one I've been using for a very long time, and it has a five-note motive embedded in it that I've been using for even longer. I hope that each of these pieces is evocative in its own way, despite their often truncated and idiosyncratic characters. Think of them as mysterious archaeological artifacts of one person’s transitory existence— abstract journal entries without clear-cut meaning.