Gradus ad Paradisum (physical score)
Chamber and Orchestral | “Steps to paradise” a slow ascent toward stillness and remembrance.
Chamber and Orchestral | “Steps to paradise” a slow ascent toward stillness and remembrance.
Chamber and Orchestral | “Steps to paradise” a slow ascent toward stillness and remembrance.
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10:00
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Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
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Gradus ad Paradisum unfolds as a meditation on time and tone, where long, patient phrases guide the listener through a landscape of shifting consonance and dissonance. The piece unfolds gradually, with each note and gesture given space to breathe, allowing moments of tension to slowly resolve into calm. It was the first work I composed while studying at Boston University, and marked a turning point in my thinking—embracing modular form and layered structures. Born from a difficult chapter in my life, this piece is a gesture of remembrance and resilience, dedicated to all who have lost loved ones to suicide.
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I. CUICAPEUHCAYOTL
8. tlezannen in tlalticpac? tlacazo occecni yoliliz
ximoayan, ma ompa niauh, ma ompa inhuan
noncuicati in nepapan tlazototome, ma ompa
nicnotlamachti yectliya xochitl ahuiaca xochitl, in
teyolquima, in zan tepacca, teahuiaca yhuintia, in
zan tepacca, ahuiaca yhuintia.
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I. SONG AT THE BEGINNING
8. For what good is this earth? Truly there is another
life in the hereafter. There may I go, there the sweet
birds sing, there may I learn to know those good
flowers, those sweet flowers, those delicious ones,
which alone pleasurably, sweetly intoxicate, which
alone pleasurably, sweetly intoxicate.
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2020
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