Glass Fields

Listen to Glass Fields

Performed by the Carlos Lalonde, piano

Premiered at Cook Recital Hall at Michigan State University on November 19, 2024

Program Note

Imagine a vast, weightless expanse bathed in soft, diffused light, where memories hover

in quiet suspension, tethered as if by invisible strings. In this dreamlike landscape,

translucent structures—archways, bridges, and winding towers—stand in gravity-defying

shapes, their hollow beauty echoing gently in the still air. Each memory appears as a

fragile, flickering bubble, containing scenes from forgotten lives, drifting across the

timeless space with a slow, undulating grace. The place feels ethereal, neither warm nor

cold, filled with soft whites and pale pastels, and whimsy pervades in crystalline trees and

spiraling pathways that lead nowhere. Here, emotions are muted, felt through a delicate

veil, inviting an unburdened, detached observation. This realm of silent, drifting memories

is calm yet unreachable, existing in a timeless expanse where beauty and solitude coexist,

untouched and eternal.