Description

a moment that has already happened for solo flute (duration: 2’30”)

for James Brinkmann

a moment that has already happened is a short meditation for solo flute written as part of my project to take on “mini-commissions” for unaccompanied works during the spring and summer of 2020.

a moment that has already happened is based on a painting done by the commissioner; on my first look at the piece, I was captured by the sense of stasis and motion occurring simultaneously. I attempted to evoke this in the music through alternation between slow, sustained lines with varying degrees of vibrato and rapid angular passages.