The Pequod - for Violin, Viola, & Electronics by Brian Petuch published on 2016-03-18T22:29:40Z Composed by Brian Petuch Performed by andPlay Sound Engineering by William Gardiner A note by the composer: The Pequod is the whaling ship in Moby Dick. I read Moby Dick last summer for the first time while on the coast of Oregon. The immensity of the dark Pacific coast only made the book more real to me. While reading I contemplated the scope of the Pequod’s journey on the vast sea and the scope of Captain Ahab's futile quest to conquer the white whale, which led to the Pequod's inevitable demise. It was both beautiful and terrifying and this piece tries to capture the spirit of the novel. I use the electronics and strings in a way that at times are abrasive and grating in order to feel the immense weight of an unforgiving and impartial world, and other times the music emerges with moments of light simplicity out of the darker more sonically oppressive moments. andPlay is Maya Bennardo - Violin Hannah Levinson - Viola http://andplayduo.com/ Brian Petuch's Website www.brianpetuch.com EDIT: This studio recording is a replacement of the live recording at Cloud City in Brooklyn NY 2/17/16 Genre Contemporary Classical Comment by SFJ I've listened to this again: it is really good; evocative of the unforgiving wide ocean and the struggle of human endeavour. 2020-02-15T14:08:43Z Comment by nayr si gib bmud this is so extremely beautiful 2019-10-29T11:01:52Z Comment by Brian Petuch @user-323354413: Thanks so much! So happy you enjoyed it! 2019-05-18T19:04:10Z Comment by Chris Felix I can feel the agitation in the arrangement and it's awesome lol 2016-07-15T23:27:52Z Comment by Chris Felix I love this. 2016-07-15T22:14:54Z