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HUES OF DUSK by Victor Kioulaphides performed by the Zwols Mandolin Quartet (Ferdinand Binnendijk and Pauline Ulderink on resp. 1st and 2nd mandolin, Ruth Rouw on mandola and Alex Timmerman on guitar).
Hues of Dusk was composed for the Baltimore Mandolin Quartet with, and premiered by them on March 11th 2007. It is a composition scored for the usual instrumentation of the so-called Quartetto Romantico i.e. 1st and 2nd mandolins, octave-mandola, and guitar.

The work was written on request of Jonathan Jensen, the mandola player of the Baltimore Mandolin Quartet and what follows here is what Victor Kioulaphides, the composer of Hues of Dusk, informed the readers of the Internet Mandolin Cafe about his inspiration and the creation of it:
I actually walked all the way back home: past the Museum of Natural History, across Central Park, still immersed in the hues of early dusk, out of the park by the Metropolitan Museum, lazily strolling down the hill to the cozy neighborhood of Yorkville, by the East River. A walk taking not much more than half an hour, door-to-door. - I am happy to announce that this work, that will carry the title Hues of Dusk has dawned on me. Hues is impressionistic (obviously, considering the nature of the inspiration), very "note-shy", more of the sit-back-and-listen kind of piece than a warhorse."

"- The textures are significantly thinner than what would be considered "usual". Most works for Mandolin Quartet that I am familiar with use the four instruments, in some tutti arrangement or other, much of the time; au contraire, Hues of Dusk is very, very sparse: pictorially speaking, a leaf languidly falling from a tree here, a casual breeze lightly rippling the surface of a small pond there...
It is hardly a piece that will dazzle, - it is rather a work to be enjoyed calmly, looking out the window, perhaps, in silent reverie.
I have penned —or rather penciled— down the last note(s) of my latest creation."
The tone poet Kioulaphides goes on telling that: "I have steered in a "less is more" direction; Hues has precious few notes, and little to impress with— other than, hopefully, the atmosphere it attempts to create. As my walks across the park continue, thanks to the unseasonably warm weather we have had in New York lately, I can attest to it that this piece does speak in soft, dusky tones; now, whether anyone will actually LIKE it, well... that I leave to the prospective audience(s). All I can do is take a stroll in the park, with my imaginary note-pad in my back pocket."

About the composer: Victor Kioulaphides was born in Athens, Greece, and moved to New York in 1979 where he studied double bass and composition at The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music. Kioulaphides was Operations Manager at Trinity Concerts, Inc. and Scheduling Manager at Mannes College till March 2010.
Today he is a Member of ASCAP, American Music Center, American Federation of Musicians and his compositions are i.e. published by the Liben Music Publishers and the New York Classical Guitar Society. Besides his busy activities as a classical double bass player is a faculty member at the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance where he teaches Music Theory and Harmony .

To learn more about Victor Kioulaphides and his compositions, please visit his website: http://home.earthlink.net/~vkioulaphi...

Alex Timmerman - 2010.