Michael Shingo Crawford - Composer

Benito Thompson - Violin I
Daun Kwag - Violin II

Honors Composition Recital - March 26, 2017 - Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

PROGRAM NOTES:

A Fantastical Flight transports the listener into a dream where he is airborne, unfettered by reason and fully convinced of the reality of what he sees before his eyes. The constantly shifting meter reflects the boundless imagination of the dreaming mind and its proclivity for sudden, unexpected changes in focus. The opening presents diatonic harmonies and simple accompaniment, joyous and spritely in character. As this dream progresses, darker undertones emerge through the use of bimodality and polymeter. The concurrence of contrasting pitch collections and meters expresses the conflict between the purely mental imagery of the dream and the corporeal world that lies awaiting the sleeper’s wake. The motivic material is passed between the two parts and presented in several variations throughout the piece. The music pensively draws to a close, reflecting on the inevitability of awakening and the dreamer’s melancholy at the thought of abandoning the fantastical journey that will soon fade into oblivion.

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