Adrian Wong | Deep Blue (2021) for countertenor and string quartet

Deep Blue (2021) is a piece about the ocean written for countertenor and string quartet. I was particularly drawn to the ocean's "breath". Its overlapping waves and ebbing, flowing tides remind me of its role as the "lungs of the Earth"--absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide and releasing the oxygen that so many living things depend on. This is the foundation on which the piece was built, linking it to the ocean's omnipresence, its connection to all life, and its alarming trajectory towards irreversible damage and death.
Deep Blue was written for Sam Higgins.
Text adapted from quotes by Sylvia Earle and Jacques Cousteau:
I can see
in my mind's eye
a different world
that changed enormously
just in my lifetime
A Sea of Eden
paradise lost
The great unifier
our only hope
the lungs of the world
one hundred million
starving
drowning
suffocating
every year
Sam Higgins, countertenor; Alexandra Cooreman, violin I; Lingyu Dong, violin II; Sofia Gilchenok, viola; Ania Lewis, cello
Performed and recorded at Gould Rehearsal Hall in the Curtis Institute of Music on 11 December 2021

[@moishemillerr]

Is there a way to get the sheet music for this? Kind regards

[@adrianwongcc]

Hello Darius! Thank you for your interest in the piece. There is a perusal score on my website which you could view for free at www.adrianwongcc.com/deep-blue. If you would like to purchase the score for yourself, send me a request at the Contact/Purchase section on my website!