Ryan and Dan

Program Notes

To play as if only to create an alone space with oneself and a soulmate, in this piece, clouds of sonorities produced by the electric guitar and saxophone hover over and envelop one another. The microtonal and processed tones on the guitar and subtle sax multiphonics are interwoven into each other’s texture and harmony, combining to form a faint melodic trace that resembles the ancient Chinese seven-string guqin and the tranquility one experiences while playing it in nature for a soulmate. This piece is dedicated to my dear friends Ryan Muncy and Dan Lippel.

– Wang Lu