Black Grey Red Orange Grey Blue Grey (2012)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (11:00)
Written for the Empyrean Ensemble for Worlds of Discovery and Loss: The Art of Migration Festival
World Premiere: February 2, 2013, Worlds of Discovery and Loss: The Art of Migration, UC Davis, Mondavi Center, Empyrean Ensemble
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February 2, 2013, Worlds of Discovery and Loss: The Art of Migration, UC Davis, Mondavi Center, Empyrean Ensemble
From glowing prismatic intensity to the blackest black, this piece explores specific colors and associated psychological states such as anger, despair, passion and contemplative sublimity. The emotional states came first, and when immersed in these states, one cannot help but see vivid colors and hear prismatic sounds. The colors refract and collide, ebb and flow, bleed into one another, intensify, are erased, then dissipate.
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Kari Besharse 