I found Gibson’s composition utterly absorbing and beautiful.
I found Gibson’s composition utterly absorbing and beautiful.
Sarah Gibson’s “warp & weft”...is a tense, fluttering work, and New and the Jersey players gave it both authority and bounce.
Sarah Gibson’s “warp & weft”...is a tense, fluttering work, and New and the Jersey players gave it both authority and bounce.
I was moved nearly to tears by the impression of squelched voices cut off before full bloom. The voices clearly struggled against forces from every side and eventually broke through for glorious moments and clear vistas.
I was moved nearly to tears by the impression of squelched voices cut off before full bloom. The voices clearly struggled against forces from every side and eventually broke through for glorious moments and clear vistas.
“To have a commission that gives you a platform like this, with a confirmed premiere and multiple performances, is just huge,” says composer Sarah Gibson, whose to make this mountain taller will be given its world premiere by Florida’s Sarasota Orchestra in March 2023.
“To have a commission that gives you a platform like this, with a confirmed premiere and multiple performances, is just huge,” says composer Sarah Gibson, whose to make this mountain taller will be given its world premiere by Florida’s Sarasota Orchestra in March 2023.
The outstanding Eclipse Quartet offered Sarah Gibson’s expansive “All Ashore.”
The outstanding Eclipse Quartet offered Sarah Gibson’s expansive “All Ashore.”
“We wanted this project to be a platform for our friends, colleagues, and collaborators to come together and express themselves,” she says, “in a time when many of us are looking for a sense of community and artistic expression.”
“We wanted this project to be a platform for our friends, colleagues, and collaborators to come together and express themselves,” she says, “in a time when many of us are looking for a sense of community and artistic expression.”
“Beautifully orchestrated music”
“Beautifully orchestrated music”
But what stands out most on this program is the world premiere of warp & weft by composer Sarah Gibson.
But what stands out most on this program is the world premiere of warp & weft by composer Sarah Gibson.
Inspired by her first encounter with the art of Miriam Schapiro, Gibson sought to reflect the artist’s feminist philosophy in her score.
Inspired by her first encounter with the art of Miriam Schapiro, Gibson sought to reflect the artist’s feminist philosophy in her score.