Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis

Unrelent

for amplified ensemble (composed 2017 / recalibrated 2023)
flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and drum set
11 minutes

Composed for Contemporaneous and ICEBERG New Music.

Recorded on the album Calibrating Friction (2023) by Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis, featuring Tara Helen O'Connor, Ken Thomson, Fung Chern Hwei, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Vicky Chow, and Matt Grou.
Produced by Adam Pietrykowski & Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis.

Score and parts available for purchase (PDF or hard copy). Send an inquiry through the Contact page.

Perusal score

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“It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.”
—Hillary Clinton

Unrelent is an expression of the turbulent emotional/psychological state I've witnessed around me – and experienced myself – in response to recent political developments in the USA. Having recently become a citizen under President Obama's tenure, the 2016 presidential election felt like a profound betrayal of the principles that brought me to this country in the first place. Recalling the near-paralysis many of us were experiencing on the morning of November 9, and the incredible displays of solidarity in response to the various political and humanitarian crises that have arisen since then, composing this work was an exercise in catharsis.
—HS (www.hstafylakis.com)