SXTG >;-) (2013)

Cl, Vcl, Guitar

Duration ca. 7:00

PROGRAM NOTES

SXTG >;-) is named, impishly, after “sexting” - the practice of sending naughty text messages. Now somewhat quaint, sexting was a hot-button issue in the early days of smartphones. It was, for a time, the latest in the never-ending string of teenage behaviors which alarm and/or enrage adults. This trio attempts to convey the sly playfulness with which one might approach such an activity, along with hints of (disproportionately frenetic) societal reactions.

Commissioned and premiered by Marcel. Premiered at Cornelia Street Café, New York, NY (November 2013).

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