Kyle Hovatter - Musician
Written for and commissioned by Emelie Pfaff and Lara Mitofsky Neuss
Premiere Feb 28, 2016 at Colorado State University
Recording Coming Soon
“We Resist the Brightness” ii written for haegeum + viola was written for Soo-yeon Lyuh and Ellen Ruth Rose
Recording Coming Soon
In E. L. Doctorow’s novel “Homer and Langley”, based on Manhattan’s notorious Fifth Avenue compulsively hoarding Collyer brothers, Doctorow first introduces his character Homer as he is losing his sight. Homer is keen to notice the gradual fade out. Individual details are lost, then whole images are distorted, and finally he is completely blind. In the darkness he can hear a sound made by an ice skater that was always present but never noticed: “a soft sound though full of intention, a deeper tone than you’d expect made by the skate blades, perhaps for having sounded the resonant basso under the ice, scoot scut, scoot scut.”
My deepest thanks to Lara Mitofsky Neuss and Justin Cummings for commissioning this three movement work originally for bassoon and bass clarinet.
Arranged for Swqonk – http://sqwonk.com/
Approximate Duration: 9 minutes
Score and Recording for Two Bass Clarinets Coming Soon
Recording of Bassoon and Bass Clarinet
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Published through Forton Music
Based off of the poem by Stephen Crane and written for Lara Mitofsky Neuss
"I saw a man pursuising the horizon" BY STEPHEN CRANE
Recording by Jeff Anderle and Jon Russell begins at 29 minutes and 18 seconds
Score Published Through Imagine Music Publishing
In E. L. Doctorow’s novel “Homer and Langley”, based on Manhattan’s notorious Fifth Avenue compulsively hoarding Collyer brothers, Doctorow first introduces his character Homer as he is losing his sight. Homer is keen to notice the gradual fade out. Individual details are lost, then whole images are distorted, and finally he is completely blind. In the darkness he can hear a sound made by an ice skater that was always present but never noticed: “a soft sound though full of intention, a deeper tone than you’d expect made by the skate blades, perhaps for having sounded the resonant basso under the ice, scoot scut, scoot scut.”
My deepest thanks to Lara Mitofsky Neuss and Justin Cummings for commissioning this three movement work.
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Approximate Duration: 9 minutes
“Entrance” was written as an opener for the Twin Cities Trio and their regular tours in elementary schools. Wishing for a short piece that could act as a bridge between contemporary and classical music, Handel’s “Entree” from the Aylesford Pieces comes in and out of focus. This work is now published with Imagine Music Publishing.
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