“He saw his mills rising in the darkness, as a black silhouette against a breathing glow. The glow was the color of burning gold, and ‘Rearden Steel’ stood written across the sky in the cool, white fire of crystal. He looked at the long silhouette, the curves of blast furnaces standing like triumphal arches, the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
“The Concerto of Deliverance”: degrees of musical separation
Posted: December 26, 2009 in Current Projects, Program NotesTags: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, string orchestra
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Finished up the piece already! Here’s a score excerpt. The ending sort of synthesizes the two sides of what I talk about below – check out the last bit with even quarter notes in the winds against the piano’s “rational” rhythmic material from the beginning. The winds also add a few “wrong” notes to the piano’s [...]
“The Face without Pain or Fear or Guilt”: More from “Atlas Shrugged”
Posted: December 13, 2009 in Current Projects, News, Program NotesTags: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, chamber music
Been a while since my last update! Had a busy but very rewarding first quarter at UChicago and took a little break from writing, but I’m finally back into it. Last year I wrote The Immovable Movers, a short piece for chamber ensemble that takes its title from a chapter of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. [...]
