Dark Flower (2020)
The title is a reference to how I was thinking about the overall harmonic nature of the work – harmony with its dark underpinnings – as well as its sense of slow unfolding, like the slow unfurling of certain blooms. And the piano, in its low register, is very much a dark flower. I wrote this work expressly for Thin Edge Contemporary Music Ensemble, with the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council.