Gilad Cohen: Between the Suns

Between the Suns (2024)
Music: Gilad Cohen
Adelphi Chamber Orchestra ‪@adelphiorchestra‬
Kyunghun Kim, conductor
Premiere performance at Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, USA, February 15 2025
Audio and video: Patrick Mahoney

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"Between the Suns" is based on Gilad Cohen's piece "Ten Variations" for oboe (or clarinet), piano, and string quartet (visit www.giladcohen.com for recording and score).

Program Notes:

In the Talmud, “between the suns” poetically refers to the time between sunset and nightfall, when one sun has nearly departed and the following one has yet to arrive. This transition also reflects a transition from chaos to order, which is the seed for this piece.

While in the traditional “theme and variations” form the theme is introduced at the beginning of a piece, Between the Suns is a set of ten variations during which the theme is gradually revealed, thus creating a sense of a journey from obscurity to order. Throughout these variations—whose number echoes the ten extraordinary creations—a short melodic theme wanders around and visits different places, cultures and traditions.  The piece ends with a celebration of folk tunes, classical music polyphony, rock harmonies, and funk-dance grooves, while the theme is presented for the first time in its complete, triumphant form, thus offering a sense of catharsis and completion.