Tag Archives: contrabass

Notes on “Lament”

Notes on the Tarot Reading According to my notes on Lament, I performed a seven-card tarot reading on February 5, 2006. The following are the cards and the scenes they are paired with: Tarot Card                           Temporality              Scene 1. Magician                                   Distant … Continue reading

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Excerpt from Turning Premiere

Back in November Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players premiered Turning at #StonyBrook University and #SymphonySpace. Here is an excerpt from Symphony Space: [sc_embed_player volume=”75″ fileurl=”https://www.markgustavson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Turning-excerpt.mp3″] Turning deconstructs  “The Cage,” a brief song by #CharlesIves, into a cyclical tour de force for … Continue reading

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Friday’s Sounding #19

I Will not Lament Over Lament When I undertook this self-inflicted project, it occurred to me that composing a work that involved theatrical elements would be difficult or even impossible to get performed (as if composing a chamber work of … Continue reading

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Friday’s Sounding #14

This is a midi realization of the first one minute of Wheel of Fortune for hi hat and contrabass. The piece is ten minutes in duration. [audio:https://www.markgustavson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wheel-sounding.mp3|titles=Wheel of Fortune excerpt]

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