composer
Vanessa Lann was born on April 6, 1968 in New York.
Education: Vanessa Lann has been a composer and pianist since the age of five. She studied composition with Ruth Schonthal ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Instruments:
vl
Reminiscentie I : voor strijkkwintet, 1982 / Roland Voortman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Instruments:
2vl 2vla vc
Sierra : for violin and violoncello, 1996 / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Instruments:
vl vc
Vorst : twee stukken voor strijksextet, 1987, revisie 1989 / Tom Riedstra
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string
Instruments:
2vl 2vla 2vc
composition
In the circumference of my solitude : for viola and double bass (scordatura), 1993 / Vanessa Lann
Description:
Program note (English): In The Circumference Of My Solitude is inspired by a passage in the diaries of Anaïs Nin. She describes herself lying in bed with her husband; the more his arms tighten in a circle around her, the more solitary and lonely she feels. The violist represents the woman and proceeds through a cycle of agitated tremolo and pizzicato patterns. Meanwhile the bassist envelops her nervous gestures within a different rhythmic cycle of long and heavy open-stringed (scordatura) drones. As in a number of my other recent pieces, the recognizable rhythms and pitch patterns generate a sense of cyclical expectancy. However, at the end of this piece, the players have switched 'roles', exchanging their patterns in the form of a circle. - VANESSA LANN