Cementscapes: III. Filthy Rotten (2021) — D. Alexander Porter (United States)
Cementscapes is a set of three short pieces for solo piano. Each of the three pieces is loosely inspired by the aesthetics of an industrial cityscape, from the Dirty Machines of oil refineries, to the Filthy Rotten alleyways of the city center.
Ann adds: In the spring of 2021, my friend and colleague Luke Dahn at the University of Utah asked if I would work with some of his composition students, workshopping piano pieces and recording them for their final concert. The third movement of Alex Porter’s Cementscapes was especially challenging (think: Ligeti etude), but I thought it would pair well with Frank Horvat’s Heat Island – the industrialization from our over-cement-ification of the landscape contributing to climate change generally and heat islands more specifically.
Ann DuHamel 