Delicious Silence
(2010) for solo violin
duration: 6 minutes
premiere: Liana Gourdjia, Guest Recital, Indiana University School of Music.
Perusal Score
CD Recording
Innova 011 all water has a perfect memory
IU New Music Ensemble
David Dzubay, conductor
Simin Ganatra, violin
John Rommell, trumpets
available at INNOVA, Apple Music, Spotify, etc.
Program Note
"The delicious silence throngs with ghosts of wingèd sound and shadow."
Conrad Aiken, Preludes for Memnon
Delicious Silence was written for violinist Liana Gourdjia and is built out of a motto based on pitches suggested by letters in her name: A-G-C-D. This short piece is in three sections, an introduction and exposition, a development that is increasingly agitated and builds to a climax, and a reflective conclusion. Along with the ever-present motto and its transformations, another recurring element is a repeating tone, speeding up and slowing down. No meters are used in the score, and the work is played with a great deal of freedom and perhaps sounds almost improvised.
(David Dzubay)
Ching-Yi Lin, violin; IU Summer Music series, Auer Hall, July 3, 2016:
