the book of Urizen

"The Book of Urizen," is focused on the character of Urizen, a mythological figure who features prominently in William Blake’s “Europe a Prophecy.” In the Blake universe, Urizen represents the first living entity. He is intensely destructive, yet simultaneously “the embodiment of conventional reason and law." The piece explores this multifaceted character and his story through a complex, wordless setting of passages from Blake’s poem.

Kyle Hutchins, alto saxophone
Nanyi Neil Qiang, piano

(2015)
10:00- for alto saxophone with piano
premiered by the Hutchins/Qiang Duo at Lloyd Ultan Hall (11/2015)

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Tiffany Skidmorechamber