Program Note:

The Sun (1909) is named after an eponymous painting by the 20th-century Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. In this piece, I try to capture the experience of looking at this work of art for the first time and dissecting it into two parts. First, the experience of seeing the bright and wildly blazing sun central to the work, almost garish in its intensity. Next, zooming in on the sunbeams gently reflected on the water, while considering with some newfound distance the immersive first-person perspective the painting provides for its viewer. This piece was written for Alex Tchaykov and is dedicated to him and to Spectra concert series with immense gratitude.

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