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The Gate: I. labyrinth

from Electroacoustic by Robert McClure

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The Gate was conceived in conceptual collaboration with dancer and choreographer Ashley Bowman. Ashley and I had been speaking for a few years about writing a piece for string quartet and electronics for the specific purpose of being choreographed. Since the first piece we had ever worked together on was In My Mother’s Garden, we decided to revive the garden theme for this piece as well. As such, The Gate is a programmatic journey through gardens. However, these gardens do not merely consist of flowers and plants. The journey takes place as if in a dream where the rules of reality, while present, can be bent, broken, and completely disregarded. The settings and situations are based on my own reoccurring dreams.

The journey begins with the character in a “labyrinth” or maze garden. Tall hedges prevent any sense of bearings. The journey consists of decisions en route to the middle of the labyrinth. Once the character has reached the middle, they find “the gate.” A decision of whether or not to pass through it looms and is musically represented by a chord which will return in fixed pitch and register assertion; a chord that presents a question. The character passes through the gate which leads downward; underground.

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from Electroacoustic, released July 21, 2017
Derek Powell, violin
Meghan Nenniger, violin
Andrew Griffin, viola
Brian Yoon, cello
Robert McClure, electronics

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Robert McClure Athens, Ohio

Robert McClure composes music for
people and computers. He holds a doctorate from Rice University. He has previously held positions at Soochow University and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is currently an Associate Professor of Composition/Theory at Ohio University in Athens, OH. ... more

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