Resisting Stillness
Chester Biscardi
About this work:
Resisting Stillness, for two guitars (1996)
Published: C. F. Peters: Edition Peters No. P67693
Recorded: Broken Consort, CRI CD 834 (Anderson/Fader Duo - William Anderson and Oren Fader, guitars) Commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble and the International Guitar Festival of Morelia (Michoacan, Mexico) for William Anderson and Oren Fader (Anderson/Fader Duo). Awarded Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording Grant, 1999, and Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Recording Grant, 1998.
Since the early 1970’s, I have often chosen literary and visual images, as well as texts, according to their power to generate musical images concerning memory, time, and the cyclical nature of existence, themes which are recurrent in my music. Although no particular musical metaphor dictated the writing of Resisting Stillness, for two guitars (1996), the title does suggest a way of listening to the work and reflects my creative struggle at the time - a personal “pulling up from silence”, as well as my interest in the power of pure sound wedded to lyrical line.
Year composed: 1996
Duration: 00:04:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 2 Guitar (Classical/Acoustic)