Julián Fueyo's "Hurakán"
"Hurakán", composed by Julián Fueyo '23MM, was performed during the New Music New Haven concert on October 6, 2022.
Featured performers:
Charlie Lovell Jones '24MMA, violin 1
Ilana Zaks '22MM '23MMA, violin 2
Emily Rekrut-Pressey, '23MM viola
Kyeong Eun Kim '24MM, cello
Hyeonjeong Choi '23MM, flute
Amer Hasan '24MM, clarinet
Yukiko Nakamura '23MMA, vibraphone
Hyojin Shin '22MM '23MMA, piano
Samuel Hollister '18BA '28DMA, conductor
Program notes from the composer:
Hurakán is a triptych inspired by the pre-
Hispanic god of hurricanes called Hurakán, and it explores the three main stages that storms undergo, namely evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. I was particularly interested in exploring both the symbolic associations of each stage —
as depicted in pre-Hispanic myth and visual art (ex. image on the cover) —as well as the environmental processes explained by science, hence the titles of the movements: I. Ascension, II. Color crystallization, III. Prismatic precipitation. To this end, the first movement features a series of ascending motives. The second movement showcases a vibraphone solo and a series of riffs clashing into each other. Lastly, the third movement explores color and mechanics in an elusive texture akin to liquid crystals.
