Notes for: July 12, 2022
The Lake Guide was composed in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, and is written for a septet of its longtime performers. The three movements of the 16-minute work portray different ways of enjoying a lake: rowing, floating, and diving down into the water. While the first two movements spend their time on the lake’s surface, the final movement takes the listener underwater, where the different temperatures and currents become more fleeting, shifting unpredictably. Many thanks to the SLLMF for its support of this project, and congratulations on its important milestone anniversary this year.