The Distance of the Moon
orchestra
2020
approx. 6:00
Commissioned and and given its world premiere by Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra on 5 June 2021 at Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre (US).
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"At one time, according to Sir George H. Darwin, the Moon was very close to the Earth. Then the tides gradually pushed her far away: the tides that the Moon herself causes in the Earth's waters, where the Earth slowly loses energy."
- Italo Calvino (1965), "The Distance of the Moon" from Cosmicomics
Against a surreal backdrop, Calvino's short story for me captures humanity, its fanatical longing, distance and displacement with the universe. Having composed most of this piece during isolation, this piece of writing became increasingly expressive in the disconnection I was feeling with the world and the wild dreams I was having trying to reconnect with it.
sample of score
