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Advanced Anxieties

by Timothy Melbinger

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This is free as it is a MIDI realization of an as-of-yet-unperformed orchestral work. The instrumentation is 2(picc.)2(hen)2(bscl)2, 2231, timp, 2 prc, strings.

Advanced Anxieties was written at my home in Pennsylvania in the summer of 2012 and lasts about 11 minutes. The title comes from a line in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in which one character, upon hearing that another is now more worried about Quebecois separatism than cockroaches, commends him for moving on to the more advanced anxieties. I have written a scherzo in a fantasy-variation form – the rising adrenaline of the initial gesture announces agitated music and returns in many forms, always proceeding to strange and often humorous resolutions.

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I wrote Advanced Anxieties without a commission or performance in mind. There are so many calls for orchestra scores that I felt “you can’t win if you don’t play”, and I put pen to paper. While still without a performance (as of early 2012) I cannot say that I wasted my time, as no one else was clamoring for a piece at that time, and it really did not take that long to write. For conductors and musical directors reading this: you could premiere this work, and you would save a heap of money on commissioning a new work, plus, you know what you are getting ahead of time and that the piece will be presented to you on time. Wouldn’t that be nice?

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released January 25, 2013

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Timothy Melbinger

Timothy Melbinger writes contemporary classical music in a variety of genres. A graduate from Brandeis University, he has taught at several schools, including Harvard, Boston U. and, currently, Penn State. His music can be heard on Albany Records, Nine Winds Records and Centaur Records. He is represented by Price Rubin Management and affiliated with BMI. ... more

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