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2024
Cello
- Program Notes
- 'sudden gusts of tortured poignance' takes its title from the concluding monologue of James Robert Baker’s shot-on-video feature from 1984, Blonde Death. I was struck by this line, in how it speaks to the ways that emotions function, the shivering of inexpressible, unnameable phantoms which congeals within us into feeling, and if we are lucky enough, to leap into expression. The piece uses the main motive from the score of the film, by G.F. Watkins, as its basis. Materials attempt to escape into recognizability over the course of the piece, with varying levels of success. 'sudden gusts of tortured poignance' was written for T.J. Borden.
- Performer Credits
- T.J. Borden
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