The Passage
(which might also be called Studies in Modern American Temple Architecture)
for Guitar-Computer-Amplifier and String Quartet
By Brandon Vaccaro with the Tosca String Quartet
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I. Opening
a. A place to wipe your feet and wash your hands
b. Elevation
II. 1st Point
a. Arrivals and Departures (Images of ships and the Sea)
III. 2nd Point
a. Passage I – A Hall of Mirrors (Images of Fire and a Desert)
IV. 3rd Point
a. Another Passage (with a window that overlooks a lake)
b. Endless Circles (Falsely so-called)
c. A Door that is a Door
d. A Small Anteroom (in which a large number of things happen very quickly)
e. A Door that is not a Door.
f. A Passage that is also a Circle
V. Closing
a. Departures (A Culmination of the 1st Point)
b. A memory
Thanks
Leigh, Tracy, Ames, and Sara for your hard work and great performance.
Conrad Kehn, Daniel Kellogg, JZ, Michael Theodore, Paul Riola, Scott Scholz, and Jesse Woods for listening, commenting, and otherwise offering important insights.
Les, Mark, and Don for a smooth session and great sounds.