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Felipe Lara: Parabolas na Caverna (2014) for solo flute

from Density 2036: parts i & ii (2013​-​2014) by Claire Chase

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Felipe Lara: Parábolas na Caverna (2013-14), for amplified flute



The title (Parables in the Cave) refers to Plato’s “Parable of the Cave,” a dialogue between Plato’s brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, who is the narrator. In a nutshell, Socrates describes a group of people who have been chained to the wall of a cave their entire lives, without ever experiencing reality. The prisoners watch the shadows projected in the wall of the cave by a fire behind them and ascribe names and meanings to the distorted shadows of various objects and passer-bys outside of the cave. For (Plato’s) Socrates the shadows are as true a view the prisoners will ever see of reality. For him, philosophy (as well as knowledge and education) helps liberating oneself from such a cave, thus leading to a better understand of the world around them. Parábolas was written for Claire Chase and is dedicated to Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg, Claire’s mentor and the Chairman of ICE’s board from 2007-2013.

— Felipe Lara

Felipe Lara

Brazilian composer Felipe Lara’s music has been labeled "voluptuous and elemental lyricism" and "brilliant" by The New York Times, which also described him "a gifted Brazilian-American modernist." The Washington Post described his music as possessing a "distinctive style," and "managing an internal architectural logic that shapes a curve from beginning to end."

His works have been performed by the Arditti, Asasello, Brentano, JACK, and Mivos Quartets, Ensemble Recherche, International Contemporary Ensemble, KNM Berlin, Netherlands Philharmonic (Peter Eötvös), Steven Schick, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Current projects include commissions by the Ensemble InterContemporain and São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Lara is currently a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow at Harvard University.

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from Density 2036: parts i & ii (2013​-​2014), released December 18, 2020

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Claire Chase Brooklyn, New York

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Claire Chase is a flutist, interdisciplinary artist, educator and advocate for new and experimental music. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012, and in 2017 was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Chase is Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University. ... more

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