Скачать или смотреть Mason Bynes: Gallop (2025, world premiere)

"Gallop (2025) comes from the acoustic songs I’d write on my guitar I had growing up in Houston. It’s inspired by rasgueado finger strumming techniques, with a rhythm and speed that evokes a galloping horse. I went back and listened to old voice notes where I strummed to myself for this piece. I also felt influenced by Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s drama and colorful music in “Othello” and Aaron Copland’s sense of play and lyricism from “Billy The Kid”. These days, I yearn for escapism and joy that is free- somewhere to gallop, someone to leap to, some place to roam."

— Mason Bynes

Performed live at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston on May 23, 2025

"Gallop" was commissioned by Kinetic Ensemble with the generous support of Sandra Tirey and Jan van Lohuizen.