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The Persistence of Time and Memory: And Time Unfolds Like a Flower

from The Persistence of Time and Memory by Jon Christopher Nelson

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The Persistence of Time and Memory (2021-2023) is an acousmatic composition in six movements that is inspired both by Salvador Dali’s painting The Persistence of Memory and contemporary theories of time, perception, and cognition. The work juxtaposes a variety of sound worlds to create surreal sonic relationships, encouraging one to hear commonalities among divergent sounds. In addition, recorded sound samples are frequently manipulated and obfuscated throughout the composition to create sounds that may seem familiar but cannot quite be identified, thus inviting the listener to perceive connections with sounds they may remember from their past. Since sounds in our aural memories carry different significance and meaning for each individual, the composition provides potential for a diverse and rich unfolding of aural understanding unique to each listener. While conceived as a six-movement cycle, each movement of The Persistence of Time and Memory may also stand alone as an individual composition.

And Time Unfolds Like A Flower explores timbral relationships of seemingly disparate materials as they co-mingle, evolve, and transform. Recorded industrial and metallic sounds fuse and diverge with synthetic sounds, creating transformations and suggesting correlations that invite listeners to hear the musical potential of the noisy sound world around us. Inspired by contemporary theories of time in quantum physics, this work explores the notion of multiverses. In particular, this movement speculates about how music might sound as it follows many different possible trajectories through time.

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from The Persistence of Time and Memory, released August 28, 2023

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Jon Christopher Nelson Denton, Texas

Jon Christopher Nelson (b. 1960) is a Professor of Composition at the University of North Texas College of Music where he is an associate of CEMI (the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia).

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