The Weight of a Reflection (2002)
for 'cello, viola, piano, violin, clarinet
By Kyle Bartlett
American
American
It exists as a coming together of an image and its double, almost-being and fully realized. I sought to create a balance between two radically different musical landscapes derived from the same source material. The first half of the piece is ethereal, near-silent, and immanent. The remainder of the work is aggressive, and explicit rather than implicit. Which is reality, and which is an obscure reflection of the other? Are they both merely illusions? Finding a fulcrum between these different worlds creates the aesthetic tension of the piece.
—Kyle Bartlett
Other works by Kyle Bartlett:
“It is thus possible to create a tradition that is held together by strict rules, and that is also successful, to some extent. But is it desirable to support such a tradition to the exclusion of everything else?...These are questions I intend to ask...And to these questions my answer will be a firm and resounding NO.
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--Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method