Malsky – The Archipelago of Regrets

^{Matt Malsky (b. 1961)}

^{The Archipelago of Regrets (2011)}

^{Matt Malsky occupies the George N. and Selma U. Jeppson Professorship in Music at Clark University, where he has taught since 1998. As a composer, Mr. Malsky writes for both electronics and traditional acoustic instruments. His compositions have been performed widely, both nationally and internationally, and his scholarly research encompasses ethnomusicology, cultural studies, and film.}

^{Written for the Albany, NY-based Capital Trio in 2011, Mr. Malsky’s The Archipelago of Regrets is a piece that in the composer’s words “explor[es]…the emotional landscape of disenchantment.” Cast as a set of variations, the work is meant (to again borrow from Mr. Malsky’s program notes) to “represent a possible facet of this experience: disappointment and dissatisfaction, frustration and defiance, repentance and remorse.” In the course of its near-twenty minutes, the music becomes increasingly agitated and abstract before resolving on a somewhat more hopeful note.}

^{© Jonathan Blumhofer}

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