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Swimming Through Butterflies

Karen Werner

February 9, 2018

The scoring of this piece feels raw and vivid - clearly the cello is a second narrator in this... The scoring of this piece feels raw and vivid - clearly the cello is a second narrator in this piece, seamlessly harmonizing with the speaking voice and pointing to both speech's and the narrative's musicality. This piece makes time slow right down, with musical interludes complex and abstract enough to bring the listener fully into this conjured fluttering space. On every listen, we're left with a potent sense of wonder.