Swell Lines
Jon Magnussen
About this work:
SWELL LINES was composed for the Punahou Symphony in August 2015 and is a spin-off of the third movement ("Rigorous") of Magnussen's deep sea, distant sky (String Quartet No. 1) which was composed for Chamber Music Hawaii’s Galliard String Quartet, with generous support from the Honolulu Mayor?s Office of Culture and the Arts.
The composer writes:
"The idea for the work came from my fascination with music’s ability to be perceived as a tangible, physical form – a mountain, a river, a winding road – and its camera-like capacity to capture the feeling or essence of a place. As a child, I loved to watch the ocean birds from high atop Kaua?i?s Kilauea Point, and deep sea, distant sky is essentially a portrait of that place and time."
SWELL LINES is dedicated to Jonas Carlson and the members of the Punahou Symphony in celebration of Punahou School's 175th Anniversary.
Year composed: 2015
Duration: 05:15:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:String Orchestra with Soloist(s)
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