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Fraction of a Fraction- Mvt. III: Nothing [2010​-​2011]

from Jordan Watson's Senior Composition Recital by J Radon

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A few years ago, I happened upon an interesting novel while I was on a break from work. As I started thumbing through it, I instantly knew it would become one of my favorite books, That book was A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. It was this Australian author’s debut novel. Since then I have recommended the book to multiple people, and those who have read it all came back with extremely positive reviews. Jump to last year when I had the idea to write a song cycle for the Bartok ‘Contrasts’ ensemble of violin, clarinet, and piano adding in Voice. Immediately ‘Fraction’ jumped to my mind as an intriguing source of text to set, so I picked out my favorite passages and got to work. Since the passages are just a small fraction of the ‘Fraction’ novel, I decided that instead of emphasizing the plot line of the novel, I would order them in a way that sort of infused an open-ended narrative that was open to interpretation. Tonight you will hear a fraction of the fraction of A Fraction of the Whole that I used to set for this song cycle.

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from Jordan Watson's Senior Composition Recital, released October 20, 2011
[Text by Steve Toltz]
James Reynolds, tenor
Sachi Littler, clarinet
Carlos Garcia, violín
Heidi Fivash, piano

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Jordan Watson, sometimes known as J Radon, is a composer, guitarist, improviser, and audio engineer originally from Bellingham, WA now residing in West Hollywood, CA. Never able to settle into just one genre of music, he often draws upon an eclectic mix of Rock, Pop, Jazz, Electronic, Classical, and More to create unique sonic worlds. ... more

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