for clarinet, violin, and piano (2018)
Duration ca. 9'
cl, vl, pno
Written for the RAM Players
Program Note
“Microcosms” (2018) for violin, clarinet, and piano is basically a composite microcosm of the aesthetics of my music since my Northwestern days, borrowing gestures and sometimes motives from past works. Fast paced energetic musical statements sandwich a calm and still middle, with a clear form utilizing varying intensities, fragmented tunes, abstraction, and a little bit of drama all colored with modernist dissonances and at times harmonic coolness. This piece may or may not be a sort of goodbye to what I consider my traditional aesthetics or of course, they may be reimagined in future works.
- Gilbert Galindo
World Premiere: May 20, 2018
Queens New Music Festival
Maya Bennardo, violin
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Marija Ilic, piano
The Secret Theatre, Long Island City, NY