the ice is breaking
• written for Solo Bassoon; 5' 00"
• written for Solo Bassoon; 5' 00"
the ice is breaking employs bassoon multiphonics throughout to create a very harmonically unstable sound world. The title is multifaceted, partially referring to issues such as global warming, the glacial pace of the work, and unavoidably even the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, as the opening multiphonic is one often referred to as the "foghorn effect." The "ice" does not have to be literal, though, as some of the harmonically dense multiphonics attempt to either evoke or provoke visceral reactions and thoughts. For as much as this piece may be a subtle statement about our current world, that world may be a lot more local and interior. It depends on how you feel: is the ice breaking? Or for your circumstances, have you broken the ice? What would happen... if it broke?
Annalea Milligan performs Connor's the ice is breaking for New Music on the Bayou.
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Performances
Premiere: Brandon Golpe
Bowling Green State University, April 17, 2022
Annalea Milligan
Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe, LA, June 4, 2022
at New Music on the Bayou
Premiere: Brandon Golpe
Bowling Green State University, April 17, 2022
Annalea Milligan
Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe, LA, June 4, 2022
at New Music on the Bayou