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Composer, conductor, and violinist David Fulmer has received critical acclaim for his works, performances, and dedicated commitment to contemporary music. Sky's Acetylene was commissioned and premiered by The New York Philharmonic as part of their CONTACT! series. This EP release celebrates this kaleidoscopic work that features each of the five instruments alternately in soloistic passages before bringing them back into the tightly knit rhythmic interplay of the hybrid ensemble.

David Fulmer’s Sky’s Acetylene was written for and commissioned by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of their 175th birthday for their adventurous CONTACT! series, hosted at National Sawdust in Brooklyn. Fulmer is a critically acclaimed composer, conductor, and violinist who has been a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and an Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award awardee.

Sky’s Acetylene is a kaleidoscopic work for flute, harp, percussion, piano, and double bass that balances taut anticipation with occasional moments of expressive violence. The work features the individual instruments in solo passages in turn before reintegrating them into a malleable, viscous ensemble texture. Ornamental figurations and mysterious harmonies are punctuated by sudden outbursts of urgent material. Flutist Mindy Kaufman is featured prominently on bass flute, flute, and piccolo, frequently leading the work through a quasi protagonist’s voice, with pianist Eric Huebner providing constant harmonic re-contextualization. Nancy Allen’s harp adds splashes of vibrant color, Dan Druckman’s percussion part punctuates gestures in the other instruments, creating hybrid timbres. Fulmer has deftly created a unique musical eco-system in Sky’s Acetylene, one in which the inexorable structural direction of the work is sometimes shrouded behind the sensual moment-to-moment texture. The trajectory of the piece is subtly reflected in the evolution of the flute register — starting with low utterances and slithering lines on the bass flute, the part ascends through athletic passagework on the C flute before closing with ethereal piccolo textures that fade into atmospheric harmonics in the harp and piano.

– Dan Lippel

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released August 6, 2021

Executive Producer, David Fulmer

Recorded by the New York Philharmonic, May 22, 2017

Mixed and mastered by Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio

Sky’s Acetylene was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of their 175th Anniversary

This recording was generously supported by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Special thanks to the musicians of the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, Ed Yim, Esa-Pekka Salonen, DeAnne Eisch, Justin Brown, Daniel Lippel, and Ardith Holmgrain

Initial recording mixed by Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie

Design: Marc Wolf, marcjwolf.com

Cover & Back Cover: Photo by Ricardo Esquivel
Image: Score page of the manuscript
Image: David Fulmer; credit to Sonja Georgevich

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New Focus Recordings New York, New York

New Focus Recordings is an artist led collective label featuring releases in contemporary music of many stripes, as well as new approaches to older repertoire. The label was founded by guitarist Daniel Lippel (who is the current director), composer engineer Ryan Streber, and composer Peter Gilbert in 2003-4, and features releases from many of new music's most active performers and composers. ... more

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