{"id":1403,"date":"2015-11-24T00:23:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2015-11-24T00:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:23:45","slug":"per-bloland-walk-now-and-then-into-the-breath-that-blows-coldly-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/per-bloland-walk-now-and-then-into-the-breath-that-blows-coldly-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Per Bloland &#8211; &#8230;walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"medb\"><strong>Per Bloland\u00a0&#8211; <em>&#8230;walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past&#8230;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2004-2011)<\/span><br \/>For\u00a0flute and percussion<br \/>with\u00a0Lance Suzuki, flute<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5f2JbFtvCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<p><span>The title of the piece, taken from Rainer Maria Rilke&#8217;s Sonnets to Orpheus, appealed to me for a number of reasons. The sound quality of the flute, its ability to navigate between extremely diffuse breathy sounds and pure tones, has always fascinated me. Beyond that, in it&#8217;s original context the title is an exhortation to allow oneself to surrender completely to the creative process. Through such surrender, one can begin to grasp the interconnectedness of all things, including life and death. Indeed, the Sonnets themselves were \u201cwritten as a grave-monument\u201d to a young dancer who had passed away just before Rilke began their writing. Rather than treat this death as a dark tragedy, he takes the opportunity to embark on an exuberant tribute to life, an exploration of the boundaries between life and death.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>This piece was originally written for flute and electronics, but I was never satisfied with the electronic part. When the opportunity arose to write a piece for the Ecce Ensemble, I decided to embark on a complete revision, removing the electronic part and adding percussion.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span>This piece is dedicated in loving memory to my father.<\/span><\/p><p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perbloland.com\" target=\"_blank\">Per Bloland<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Bloland\u00a0&#8211; &#8230;walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past&#8230;\u00a0(2004-2011)For\u00a0flute and percussionwith\u00a0Lance Suzuki, flute The title of the piece, taken from Rainer Maria Rilke&#8217;s Sonnets to Orpheus, appealed to me for a number of reasons. The sound quality of the flute, its ability to navigate between extremely diffuse breathy sounds and pure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qnlH-mD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1479,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/timo-andres-crashing-fences\/","url_meta":{"origin":1403,"position":0},"title":"Andres &#8211; Crashing Through Fences","author":"Samuel Z Solomon bts","date":"January 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Crashing Through Fences (2009) \u2013 Timo AndresInstrumentation:Piccolo fluteGlockenspielTwo kickdrumsDuration: 6 minutes.Composer\u2019s note:Crashing Through Fences is written for two of the highest-pitched instruments: piccolo and glockenspiel. 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