I wanted to write these two large-scale, deeply virtuosic pieces for these two muses, but I hadn’t had a chance to create a large-scale work like that yet.
That comment may surprise regular #MusicForWriters readers who remember our December article on the composer Paola Prestini and her Oceanic Verses. A complex work of music theater with chorus, soloists, movement, and digital production elements, Oceanic Verses has helped to define Prestini as the auteur she is, and yet her presence as such seems recent to us. While many in the contemporary classical music scene have understood her as a seriously gifted composer, suddenly, it seems, Prestini walks into every room glowing with multimedia grace and collaborative resources.
