From The Overgrown Cathedral is a single movement piece for two Marimbas. The imagery of the title evokes something new growing out of the cracks of something old, and this is reflected in the construction of the composition. The piece is built on the 2-measure opening of a Bach chorale entitled Meinen Jesum Lass Ich Nicht. Bach composed multiple harmonizations of this chorale, so for this composition I connected several versions of the passage together and stretched them out, so that the music moves at a 

Program Note

​​Duration: 12 minutes

Completed: 2024

​​Commissioned by: Nonoka Mizukami and Yuma Inagaki​​

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glacial speed. I then composed new material between the chords of the Bach, that supports, interferes, or reframes the original chorale passage. Both percussionists take turns playing the Bach and the newly composed music while traversing a variety of textures. Ultimately the piece celebrates the original chorale material by exploring the sonic and emotional possibilities found when new musical layers and textures are added to this material. The piece was premiered in Tokyo Japan, with subsequent performances in Nagoya, Japan. 

​From The Overgrown Cathedral

​for two marimbas

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