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title: Arcadia
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slug: arcadia
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instrumentation: For violin and piano.
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premiere: November 2, 2020. (Online)
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recordings:
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Premiere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUx57krZ41E
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Audio: https://jessebrault.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/recordings/arcadia.mp3
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externalLinks:
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'Musaics of the Bay': https://www.musaics.org/stayathomesymposium/20-arcadia
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Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y52TU2u1BnU
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shortInfo: 'Commissioned by <em>Musaics of the Bay</em>.'
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date: 2020-10-01
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categories:
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- Chamber
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_Arcadia_ was commissioned by _Musaics of the Bay_ and written in response to June
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Yokell's painting entitled _Paradise Lost_.
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When I first saw her painting, I knew immediately that I must compose music from it.
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The colors of the landscape spoke to me directly, reminding me of the geography of
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my childhood home in Western Wisconsin. Arcadia is not only the name of a small town
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in Wisconsin, it is also an ancient Greek word for an ancient, unspoiled wilderness,
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where humans live in harmony with nature.
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In 2020, as I looked at the surrounding Wisconsin landscape while composing this work,
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I had feelings of loss, alienation, and sadness. While much of the natural
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world was (and still is) still incredibly beautiful, I had a sense that somehow a metaphorical
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poison had covered the land, rendering it a _Paradise Lost_. _Arcadia_ seeks to capture
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these emotions that I experienced through June's painting in that time.
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