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Redshift
for solo piano
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About
Most galaxies are moving away from ours. We can see this through a phenomenon called redshift, where the wavelengths of light from distant stars are stretched so that the light is seen as shifted towards the red part of the spectrum. The stars themselves aren’t necessarily moving but are becoming further from our galaxy because the space of the universe itself is expanding.
For me, the ever-increasing isolation of our galaxy is sometimes a disquieting feeling, and sometimes a calming one. I’ve tried to capture a sense of expansion and contraction in Redshift, as well as one of remoteness.
The titles of the three movements are taken from the poem “Red Shift” by David Baker (August 1989).
Contents note
I. the trillion trillion trillion lovely others sail outward
II. I have walked this far without you
III. In exact proportion to this moment