CHTHONIC Chthonic, for large orchestra, was written in 2017 for the Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music, who gave the premiere in October of that year in the Estonia […]
CHTHONIC
Chthonic, for large orchestra, was written in 2017 for the Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music, who gave the premiere in October of that year in the Estonia Concert Hall in Tallinn. The title of this piece means ‘dwelling within or under the earth’, and this reflects the piece’s ominous harmonic world and its tight, almost claustrophobic textures. In many ways an exploration of darkness, an expansive warmth nonetheless finds a way to reach the surface.