Jules Pegram: CRUSH for Eight Cellos (2016)-II. Romanza: Passing Glances

Jules Pegram
CRUSH for Eight Cellos (2016)
I. Introduction: Obsessive Tendencies
II. Romanza: Passing Glances
III. Elegy: Letting Go
Duration: ca. 20 minutes
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Performed by:
Left to right:
Victor Huls, Thomas Barth, Andrew Plaisier, Hanna Rumora
Right to Left:
Joshua DeVries, Kayla Mathes, Wesley Hornpetrie, Cecelia Sha
Jules Pegram, Conductor
World premiere
McIntosh Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 8, 2016
Video: Nelson Gast
Audio: Roger Arnett
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Program Note:
CRUSH for Eight Cellos (2016) is experiential music that depicts the falling for someone who lacks a capacity to return the affection-of having a crush and indeed being crushed. Drawing its title from Richard Siken’s book of poetry and inspired by the earthy realness charged within its erotic text, CRUSH is music of confusion and disillusionment; of sensuality and seduction; of wild abandon and soft-spoken, haunting intimacy. My own experience was a winding saga of ambiguity that ended without explanation or sense of meaningful closure. Crush represents my attempt at finding that closure.
It is my hope that in some small way this music may help remind us of our potential to grow from heartache and to genuinely appreciate those rare moments in life when we allow ourselves to reach a point of true vulnerability.
- Jules Pegram (2016)
For more information, please visit www.julespegram.com