(August 2024) Episode 590 of the “opus project” is SARAH GIBSON, a contemporary American composer who sadly died of cancer last month at the age of 38. Her primary instrument was piano, but she also composed for chamber and voice. She was just starting to get going on larger orchestral pieces. The instrumentation is conventional but she dabbled in experimentation (like tapping the piano strings). Her compositions could be brightly lyrical or eerily moody.
Favorite piece: warp and weft
Compared to expectations: ↑
Recommendation: I felt a weird connection to the pieces, perhaps of lament for her lost potential, and a sadness for someone I never met.
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