• Wynwood Walls

    2023 | 25 mins | for guitar and string quartet

    1. Bathers at Asnières

    2. I want my time with you

    3. Sunflower Seeds

    4. Nighthawks

    5. No Woman, No Cry

    6. #Lamentation

    7. Selfie with Sunflowers

    8. Infinity Room

    9. Seurat’s Bathers

    “‘Wynwood Walls’, a sort of Pictures at an Exhibition for guitar and string quartet, takes inspiration from Seurat, Hopper’s Nighthawks, a neon sign by Tracey Emin, and others. None of this background information should deter the adventurous listener, since all is intriguing, while obviously repaying repeated attention.” British Music Society

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    Wynwood Walls was commissioned by Mesut Özgen for the 2023 Miami GuitART Festival with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The piece was originally scored for guitar, strings, and percussion and that version received its premiere on February 23rd 2023 as part of the festival. This version for guitar and string quartet received its first performances at La Sala, Bogota, Colombia, on 22nd January 2024. Wynwood Walls is based on 20th and 21st century artworks, which give their titles to the nine sections. Wynwood Walls is published by Doberman-Yppan. Recorded by Francisco Correa and the Asaka Quartet on Landscape and Memory, Deux-Elles (DXL 1202© 2024)