Divje

soprano recorder, viola, cello, double bass

16' • 2023

Drawing inspiration from an imagined prehistoric ritual setting, Divje explores ancient aesthetics and the perception of minimal material over time. The title is drawn from the Divje Babe flute, the 50,000-year-old cave bear femur that is widely accepted to be the first musical instrument ever. The piece is not meant to reflect what that instrument may have sounded like, or to guess at the musical idiom of ancient peoples, but rather to evoke a specific primordial aesthetic of otherworldliness and divinity.