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Daniel Hagenbuch, violin; Sky Macklay, oboe; Josíah Garza, xylophone; Patrick Flannery, piano; Michael Balsamo, conductor

sun breaker (2025) by Daniel Hagenbuch


Taking inspiration from architect Santiago Calatrava’s wing sculpture located at the Milwaukee Art Museum, my piece’s title sun breaker connects to the brise soleil consisting of 72 steel fins that open and close above the art museum. In sun breaker, repeating ostinato configurations in different voicings across the ensemble reflect the wing sculpture’s skeletal design of repeating blades. In addition, I worked to capture the brise soleil’s fluidity and motion through changes in harmony, meter, and texture. Because the wings open and close throughout the day, I modeled the structure of sun breaker after these varying wing stages; while the middle section is more meditative and sparse, the starting and ending material is more active and layered through the use of polyrhythms and hocket.