recording of le monde et al.

Thanks to the Presser Foundation, I just came back from Philadelphia attending the Opera America Conference,¹ meeting with Michael Ching in person for the first time, seeing his opera Slaying the Dragon and Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters, and creating buzz about my new opera company NANOworks.²

Before I leave on my third and final road trip of the series (going to Boston with a stop in Delaware, OH), I am happy to post the recording of the piece I wrote for CCM Phil entitled Le monde du silence. More information can be found on my website, including the narration text. Mark Gibson, conductor, Ron Esposito, narrator.



I did post a sketch of this earlier online via my SoundCloud page, when I was asked to write a short sixty-second work for the Ottawa New Music Creators. Hey, why not.



Ultimately, I meant to expand my oceanic chamber work "The Silent World," but instead of musically expanding it, I conceptually expanded it. And then I decided to pollute the whole thing.³ Here's the pristine vers…