gasoline: refined petroleum.
gasoline: more volatile than diesel oil, Jet-A, or kerosene.
gasoline: tickled laughter, ukelele.
gasoline: shimmer.
gasoline: in the mood for love.
This piece is a meditation on our current relationship with gasoline: a kind of grotesque dance. The string quartet becomes a vehicle for sound montage, from vicious and raw, to tender and colourful, to humorous and macabre.
Instrumentation:
for string quartet
Performances:
- Bozzini Composer's Kitchen 2012 -- August 10th, 2012 -- SFU Woodwards, Vancouver BC