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  • Illinois composer's new work depicts pandemic experience

    Apr 1, 2021 9:45 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    “Chaconne/Labyrinth,” reflects the experience of living during a pandemic. The piece will have its world premiere April 3 with a virtual performance by the Jupiter String Quartet (pictured performing)

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    • “Chaconne/Labyrinth,” reflects the experience of living during a pandemic. The piece will have its world premiere April 3 with a virtual performance by the Jupiter String Quartet (pictured performing)

    'Beethoven would depict thunderstorms along the banks of a creek. Now we could depict the molecular dynamics of water,' says composer Stephen Andrew Taylor. 'It’s a modern updating of a very ancient musical representation.'