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The Distance of The Moon (2010)
The Distance of the Moon (2010)
collaboration with TAKE Dance
6-instrument original version: (Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Violin, Cello, Bass, Percussion (Hand percussion)
5-instrument version: (Flute, Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion (Vibraphone & Hand percussion)
10 minutes
collaboration with TAKE Dance
6-instrument original version: (Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Violin, Cello, Bass, Percussion (Hand percussion)
5-instrument version: (Flute, Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion (Vibraphone & Hand percussion)
10 minutes
Music © 2010 Numen Music/BMI All Rights Reserved
My composition is inspired by the first story, "The Distance of the Moon", in Italo Calvino's phantasmagorical 1965 book Cosmicomics. The story depicts a time before history when the Earth was so close to the Moon that people could climb ladders to the lunar surface to retrieve the manna of 'moon milk.' Gradually and slowly the Moon and Earth recede from each other to their present distances. In my composition I use that motion as a metaphor for two lovers who grow apart and while always still seeing each other from a distance, wistfully will never experience that former closeness with each other again.
Thanks and credit to all the original photos on this website to: David Andrako, Concrete Temple Theatre, Marcy Begian, Mark Elzey, Ed Lefkowicz, Donald Martinez, Kimberly McCollum, Geoff Ogle, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Daniel Wolf-courtesy of Roulette, Andrew Robertson, Viscena Photography, Jennifer Kang, Carolyn Wolf, Mark Elzey, Karen Wise, Numinosito. The Numinous Changing Same album design artwork by DM Stith. The Numinous The Grey Land album design and artwork by Brock Lefferts. Contact for photo credit and information on specific images.