Neverlands
In this string quartet, I evoke places that have been the subject of human fantasy, but we can never visit. The piece charts a course through these “Neverlands,” comprising mythological places (II-III), the bad and good afterlives (V-VI), fictional dystopias (VIII-IX), and the roads between them (I, IV, & VII). Movement X depicts the homeward trek that brings every journey back to its point of departure.
Map by Agustina Elizondo
Details
- For string quartet
- Category: Chamber Ensemble
- Year Composed: 2025
- Duration: 25'
- Commissioner: Sheffield Chamber Players, with support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program
- Tags: Literature, Mortality, Mythology
- Movements:
- I. Otherlands Pilgrimage
- II. Sirenum Scopuli (Land of Siren Song)
- III. Asgard (Land of Aerial Architecture)
- IV. Underlands Pilgrimage
- V. Inferno (Land of Infinite Ire)
- VI. Elysium (Land of Eternal Embrace)
- VII. Overlands Pilgrimage
- VIII. Animalia (Land of Authoritarian Animals)
- IX. Mechanopolis (Land of Machine Mutiny)
- X. Homelands Pilgrimage