PHOTO BY SUPREETI SHARMA
Breathing Sunlight (2017)
by Akshaya Avril Tucker
Instrumentation: viola & cello
Length: 9 mins
PDF Price: $25+
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
“Breathing Sunlight” is about moments spent with those who will leave us soon. Simple things, like lying on the grass, in the sun, breathing — these moments of conscious stillness, within a mind racked by mental and physical discomfort — are as significant as they are fleeting. The love we feel in those moments is strong, transcending our physical boundaries.
-Akshaya Avril Tucker
Related works are also available:
Breathing Sunlight for violin & cello
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment. This work is sold as one score to be read by both players (no separate parts).
+Dynamic pricing helps us keep this work accessible while letting you pay more at check out, if you choose
About the composer:
Composer’s website Composer’s biography
“'Breathing Sunlight,' a light-textured but sinewy duet for violin and cello, draws on Indian melodic modes to create a dialogue of seductive charm. Notes bend and slide in and out of tune; wispy thematic figures flutter past, implying solid harmonic structures underneath. In barely 10 minutes, Tucker built a lovely castle out of air..." -The San Francisco Chronicle
The original version of this work, for violin and cello, was created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
Notable performances:
Third Coast Chamber Collective, Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth MN, 2021
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kansas City MO, 2021
Planning a performance of this work? Please contact us and let us know the date and venue.
Score sample