ensemble string quartet
duration 14 minutes
written summer 2010
commissioned by ACME Quartet
premièred August 13, 2010, Great Barrington, MA
published by ↪ Project Schott New York
I remember reading a description of Charles Ives’s morning routine in Jan Swafford’s biography; it involved waking up very early, at four or five, digging in his potato patch (if it happened to be that time of year), and playing through some of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier— a kind of transcendental calisthenics program.
Thrive on Routine is structured in four continuous parts: Morning, Potatoes, Passacaglia, and Coda.
Listen
Timothy Andres: Thrive on Routine
recorded live by Ryan Streber at Crissey Farm, Great Barrington, MA
performers ACME Quartet
Excellent work! I especially love the coda.
love the follow through on the concept
I could definitely hear those Ives-ian harmonies in the opening. I loved the whole thing, I think you’d done a fantastic job at creating an interesting and engaging work.