Year: 2001 | Type: Four-movement work for woodwind octet (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons) | Duration: ca. 9'
Composed in 2001, The Garden of the Shadows draws inspiration from H.G. Wells' science fiction novel, The Time Machine. The title of the composition, as well as the names of its four movements, allude to the novel's storyline in which a 19th-century scientist travels to the distant future, discovering two distinct species: the beautiful and peaceful Eloy and the grotesque, subterranean Morlocks who fear the light.
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This work premiered in 2002 at the National University of Music of Peru.
No recording of the work exists, but you can listen to a digital recreation in the player above.