Instrumentation
2 pianos (one prepared) and fixed media
Duration
5 minutes
Program Note
Nothing Lasts Forever is written for two pianos (one prepared) and fixed media. It is the final piece written and premiered during my time as a student at the Mannes School of Music; I thus felt it should take the form of a kind of farewell. The electronics track makes liberal use of field recordings taken in my surroundings: church bells audible from the window of my apartment, and the sound of the ferry that crosses the Hudson between New York and New Jersey. These are processed into a kind of “memory-tapestry” woven together with the two pianos.
Nothing Lasts Forever is dedicated to all of my friends and colleagues at Mannes, and lasts approximately five minutes in performance.
Selected Performances
Phil Thompson and Tristan Wilson, pianos
May 3, 2026 (World Premiere)
The New School (New York, NY)
Tristan Wilson 