Another Time is a reflection on the temporal and sonic qualities of stillness, movement, dislocation and solidarity. The work opens with a static field of pure but fragile pitches, a moment of translucent but ultimately unsustainable stasis.
The players gradually induce small impulses and energies into the material, animating the fabric of time. A gestural drama, played out between the instruments, is gradually revealed, reverberating around the ensemble, suggesting different ways of interacting with those around us.
The composition of this piece was disrupted by the emergence of Covid-19, a global infliction of stasis and dislocation into the fabric of time.
Another Time was commissioned by the Forum Music ensemble, Taiwan.