The Argus Quartet, the ensemble performing on this album, is a first prize winner of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition.
Recording & Production
The album includes field recordings by Juri Seo and Lucas DeCicco, as well as Geoffrey A. Keller from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Juri Seo, the composer, views string instruments as having a human voice, with bow strokes akin to breathing, and capable of expressing a full range of human emotions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album explores themes of life, death, memory, and change, with each piece addressing these concepts in different ways.
Composition History
The album is a result of a two-year collaboration between composer Juri Seo and the Argus Quartet, an ensemble whose versatility allowed for a wide range of musical exploration.
Composer Biography
Juri Seo, the composer, is a Guggenheim fellow and a Koussevitsky Commission recipient, and teaches music at Princeton University.
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