Michael Byron In the Village of Hope Godínez - Cb0043 - Contemporary - by Cold Blue

In the Village of Hope is a restless (and relentless) harp solo. This ever-changing, ever-churning, ever-developing music is unlike anything else in the solo harp repertoire, though not unlike some of Byron’s other recent work, such as his Book of Horizons. written for pianist Joseph Kubera. Byron writes about the music: “In the Village of Hope, a purely sentimental title, was composed at the invitation of harpist Tasha Smith Godínez. . . . The piece was composed over a period of approximately six-months, beginning on New Year’s Day, 2013. It is a piece of unabashed virtuosity. Its complex temporal structure and intricate counterpoint vie for the listener’s attention. Pitch resources are limited to diatonic collections, enabling harmonic relationships to seamlessly cycle through seven contiguous key changes. With a sound reminiscent of wind chimes, it yields fields of harmonic stasis—that mysterious circumstance of individual notes diverging and merging to form a delicate fabric of sound.” (23-minute CD single/EP, in four-panel wallet)