David Fulmer - I have loved a stream and a shadow - Conrad Tao, Piano

Conrad Tao performs David Fulmer's, "I have loved a stream and a shadow" for solo piano (2022-23). Tao has performed and toured with the work extensively since the 2023-24 concert season. The work is available on Fulmer's recent release, "immaculate sigh of stars" on New Focus Recordings.
"Conrad's performance of my music is simply mesmerizing on every emotional, intellectual, technical, and musical level. The sheer virtuosity of his interpretation is polydimensional; each dynamic is so delicate, every phrase so animated, the gestures so elegantly explosive...I always feel that he breathes the musical surface. I have admired Conrad for decades (already), and to write this work for him was a special honor." -DF
"The solo piano piece, I have loved a stream and a shadow, performed by and dedicated to Conrad Tao, shares some of Cantates Metallis’ characteristics, particularly its balance between resonance and energized figuration. Minus the additional timbral alterations, the ear is drawn to Fulmer’s penchant for dramatic gestures as the keyboard toggles between angular barrages, weighty pronouncements, and liquid sustains." -Dan Lippel
David Fulmer - immaculate sigh of stars (2024)
Composer, conductor, and violinist David Fulmer's immaculate sigh of stars is a rich collection of his works from the last decade. Throughout, Fulmer displays his fascination with organizing ensembles into subsets and exploring the dynamics that evolve from those interwoven musical relationships. Recurring integrations of timbral experimentation, expressive use of quarter-tones, and drawing on literary sources of inspiration manifest powerfully throughout this eight piece album, a landmark document for one of his generation's most prolific advocates of contemporary music. -New Focus Recordings