{"title":"Sheet music composed by Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis (1982-)","description":"Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis (1982-) is a composer from Canada.","products":[{"product_id":"stafylakis-symphony-no-1-holocene-extinction-just-theory","title":"Stafylakis: Symphony No. 1 (\"Holocene Extinction\")","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/haralabos-harry-stafylakis\"\u003eHaralabos (Harry) Stafylakis (1982-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Symphony No. 1 (\"Holocene Extinction\") (2018)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spiral Bound\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790094006828\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e11.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e16.9\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 73\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Holocene epoch, which spans the past 11,700 years, encompasses the totality of humanity's written history. Our species' staggering growth and development into Earth's first global superpredator is unprecedented in the known history of the planet. An unintended consequence of this explosive rise is the pervasive impact humanity has had on the environment. Human predation's effects on food webs, the destabilization of biodiverse habitats, industry's role in climate change, overpopulation, and profligate consumption are among the principal causes of an increase in the extinction rate of plant and animal species to between 100–1,000 times higher than natural background rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Earth has experienced five mass extinction events in its history, spread out over hundreds of millions of years. 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No, let's ease our way into this, let our first lines praise the plenitude of morning,\nthe sun exhaling light into the clouds. [...]\"\n—Richard Blanco, from \"One Pulse – One Poem\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 12, 2016, a man shot and killed 49 people and wounded 58 others in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Blanco's \"One Pulse – One Poem\", a stirring reaction to this atrocity, depicts the poet–observer trying to come to terms with the reality of the event. Inviting the reader to join him in calm commiseration, he counsels us to first take stock in our surroundings – in the quiet beauty of our natural and built environment – before joining him in attempting to find the words to express the horror that such an act of violence elicits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSun Exhaling Light takes this premise as its starting point. Solar wind is a stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun. It buffets our planet constantly, Earth's magnetosphere our only protection against the intense radiation that would inflict severe damage on all life. One can imagine these competing forces as a metaphor for the conflict between the drive to aggression and the protective shield that is human civilization. The piece envisions scenarios in which our culturally constructed defences are eroded, bursts of violence tearing through, leaving us stunned and deeply mournful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title Sun Exhaling Light is taken from the poem \"One Pulse – One Poem\" by Richard Blanco, used with permission of the author. 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The work is propelled by a 26-note melody that outlines a perpetually- repeating harmonic progression, serving as the chaconne theme. First presented by the harp and percussion, the theme serves as a vehicle for the gradual textural development of the musical surface. 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The story depicts a near-future Earth ravaged by nuclear fallout, depleted natural resources, and an ozone hole the size of the Great Plains. in this dystopia, a young boy's painfully naive question – \"what did I do wrong\" – is met with a scathing diatribe on humanity's complicity in its own planet's destruction, resulting from a myopic preoccupation with ephemeral comforts and exploitative indulgence. 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Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne autumn day in 2014, my phone rang unexpectedly and I was met with a familiar deep, resonant voice. Philippe Sly and I had first collaborated on the orchestral premiere of my song cycle, \u003cem\u003eThe Keats Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e , while we were both still based in Montreal, and he was now interested in embarking on a new vocal project. Phil remains one of the most inspiring musicians I've had the pleasure of working with, so there was no hesitation in my response. We quickly started developing the idea for a large-scale work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome years earlier, while researching possible texts to set for a different project, I'd come across D.H. Lawrence's The Ship of Death. It had immediately drawn me in, sung to me, in a way that I knew I had to set it to music one day. 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It was an emotionally charged experience to see the relics of large-scale destruction in person, to hear the stories of individuals who suffered and lived through the event, and of those who didn't. My own memories from that morning were stirred up, watching on a television screen miles away, in another city, as the horror unfolded. 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Informed by harmonic and rhythmic idioms drawn from a variety of sources – including film music, Greek dance, and progressive metal – this piece propels the listener through a loosely literary narrative structure, its implacable stream of sound demanding a visceral involvement from both performer and listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe particular focus in this work is exploiting the syntactical properties of traditional narrative form (as found in fiction literature and cinema) and applying them in the context of abstract instrumental music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore personally, \u003cem\u003eIn Flames\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the shifting tensions of inter-personal relationships.\n-HS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43296355975247,"sku":"128-007-SP","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/27ed23bf0546f90f582c276001118372.webp?v=1751921491"},{"product_id":"stafylakis-the-sharp-end-just-theory","title":"Stafylakis: The Sharp End","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/haralabos-harry-stafylakis\"\u003eHaralabos (Harry) Stafylakis (1982-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eSaxophone Quartet (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Sharp End (2009)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 22\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sharp End\u003c\/em\u003e was composed during my 2009-10 residency with the McGill University Saxophone Quartet, under the direction of Abe Kestenberg. 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