Fire Fragile Flight

A piece a bit Varèse-like, this Fire Fragile Flight, for orchestra, composed in 1973 by Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925-2000), who was a student of Varèse.

Composer, poet, and choreographer Lucia Dlugoszewski’s (1925-2000) efforts to create an “intense, sudden immediacy” in her music were wide-ranging: she worked with everyday objects, created the ‘timbre piano’ (a prepared piano whose strings are played directly with a variety of materials), designed over 100 percussion instruments, and extended the possibilities of conventional instruments. She wrote for a variety of concert and dramatic mediums, but is perhaps best known for her dance music.

Lucia Dlugoszewski – Fire Fragile Flight (1973) – Orchestra of Our Time, Joel Thome, conductor

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