At the Center of All Things
Stan Grill
About this work:
This single movement work was inspired by one of Rilke’s “Buddha” poems. “…and he is Star. And multitudes of giant stars that we don’t see stand all around him.” The music imagines being at the vast center of our galaxy of stars, centered and quiet in the midst of their vast spinning wheels of light. The wheel spins faster and faster, but the center holds, in deep, perfect, stillness. It is by writing music like this that I try to remind myself of what is real.
Year composed: 2013
Duration: 00:17:20
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:String Quartet
Instrumentation: 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello