Year: 2005
Medium: solo flute
Duration: c. 4:15

Program Notes

Diandya is in existence with thanks to Robert Dick. During my studies at NYU I was planning a recital of unaccompanied works, “a solo expedition,” and he encouraged me to perform something of my own—whether an improvisation, composition, or arrangement. I immediately knew that he was right, that something of my own would be fitting for the program of four important twentieth-century works (Debussy’s Syrinx, Varèse’s Density 21.5, Berio’s Sequenza I, and Dick’s Afterlight) and a new piece that I had commissioned (Evan Mazunik’s Apollo Racing Hermes), but composing was the furthest option from my mind at that time. Luckily, a few small but aptly timed events changed my thinking, and with Robert’s invaluable guidance I became a composer. “Diandya” is a made-up word.

World Premiere

April 17, 2005 - "a solo expedition" Recital, Rose Studio at Lincoln Center (New York, New York)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, flute