Performed in a reading session by the University of North Texas Symphonic Orchestra, Jack Buddenhagen
In Lincoln, Nebraska, there is the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Walking through the museum, I can’t help but feel a sense of duality: the richly decorated patterns, but the somewhat nostalgic quality that can come with the medium. I’m particularly drawn to flowers and brocade fabrics; fields of intricately designed flowers line the wall and fill your vision. This piece is full of crossing and repeated patterns laid across each other, at times interacting, and sometimes more exposed. At times, the sounds are encompassing and warm, wrapping the listener in a blanket of sound, others are sparse and open. Overlapping notes and phrases create subtle cadences and nearly tonal reminisces. Underneath all of this harmonic wrapping is a unifying pulse connecting the material, and keeping the threads together.
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This music is a miracle, perfection. Expansive in its simplicity and beauty. I can return to it again and again, always hearing something different enfolding me. Larry Looney
supported by 5 fans who also own “Walls of Brocade Fields”
Ann Southam was one of the great minimalists and Eve Egoyan is a great pianist - and they worked closely together, making this a must-have album. clementkent