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DISCOGRAPHY

BROWSE ALL

DENSITY 2036: PART VI-VIII

PARTS VI-VIII
PART VIII

part viii

"the surrounding sounds unfold from a perspective that’s larger and slower than human, something earth-sized, and Chase’s inhalation reminds me that her presence (my presence) is as much a part of this surrounding ecosystem as the air."
—MICHIKO THEURER

part vii

"Vibration, says Lim, is about connectedness. It’s remarkable that Sex Magic, a work that so powerfully connects a performer, her instrument, the sounds beyond it, the present, and the ancient past had its beginnings in a world utterly broken apart by the Covid-19 pandemic."
—GILLIAN MOORE
PART VII

part vi

"...the flute ducks and dives, swoops and whirls in a dizzying display of diabolical whimsy."
—JENNY JUDGE
PART VI

DENSITY 2036: PART I–V

PARTS I-V

part iv-v

"...composer and performer become collaborators both on- and off-stage; new instruments are developed and the capacities of old ones reimagined; and the boundless brilliance of Chase’s dazzling playing on the full fleet of flutes—from the piccolo to her platinum C-flute to her beloved contrabass, nicknamed Bertha—pushes music to new sonic limits."
—SUZANNAH CLARK
"Over the course of the work, we hear Pan’s subjectivity veering continually and unpredictably between the animal and the human. At times, we are given his white-hot, right-here-right-now animal consciousness: the searing rage, the overwhelming desire, the single-minded and unalloyed self-interest. But at other times, we sense the dawning of compassion, and a burgeoning need for companionship."
—JENNY JUDGE
PART IV & 5

part i-iii

"In 1936, commissioned by French flutist Georges Barrère to write a piece for the debut of his new platinum flute, Varèse came up with one of the most concentrated four minutes in modern music...Some six decades later, flutist Claire Chase started Density 2036, a commission project which, over an extended period that brings us to the original composition’s centennial, will add an unprecedented number of fresh works to the instrument’s repertoire." 
—JOHN CORBETT
"...she rides the updrafts, whirling and spinning; facing inward toward herself, then outward in invitation to us...And when we come to earth, finally resting on a bed of breathy contrabass flute exhalations, we are moved by the generosity of this music and by its beauty."
—STEVEN SCHICK
PART I-II & III
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