Nothing Will Die

This piece was written in 2020 as a part of the “Fresh Inc Festival,” hosted by “Fifth House Ensemble.” Conner Wittman created this piece to be premiered digitally as a livestream alongside other composer participants at the event.

Conner often looks towards nature for inspiration for his music. As such, he looked through many poems about nature to find what would be used for this piece. He decided upon this poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson about the resilience of nature due to the parallels which could be drawn to the resilience of people during the 2020 pandemic. People all over the world had to adapt to the new normal created from the once-in-a-lifetime event, and seeing how everyone, including the participants and organizers of Fresh Inc 2020, managed to adapt to the pandemic, inspired the beauty of this piece.

Listen to a recording of the premiere, performed by Vizma Zvaigzne, Seok Hee Jang, Michael Thompson, Hunter Duseau, and Sergio Delgado:

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