all that glitters (2025) was written for Jessica Ringston and premiered in December 2025 in New York City.
The work features a solo flautist and fixed track. The fixed track combines digital instruments, vocal recordings and synthesised percussion sounds - recorded by Matthew Magocsi. The work is inspired by my favourite portrait, portrait of Adele Bloch-Baeur painted by Gustav Klimt, which I fell in love with during my ventures to the Upper East Side art galleries when I first moved to New York.
all that glitters was written following a two year obsession with Klimt's portrait and the story of Adele's journey to the United States. The infamous phrase and title of this piece, all that glitters, has been taken from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice which asks us about the true nature of justice and mercy.
This work is a meditation on both Klimt's artistic aesthetics, including his use of gold-leaf and mosaic influences, and the ghosts that inhabit the art we experience. Does the glimmer of beautiful work ever distract us from the approaching darkness? Or remind us that it is already here.
Included in this purchase is:
A PDF score
Fixed backing track
Fixed backing track with click track
An isolated click track
After purchasing, you will receive a link to a zip file containing the files to your email inbox from squarespace. Please download in 24 hours after receiving this email.
If you intend to performance this work in public, or have any other questions, please get in touch with the composer at leahjmthomas@gmail.com
all that glitters (2025) was written for Jessica Ringston and premiered in December 2025 in New York City.
The work features a solo flautist and fixed track. The fixed track combines digital instruments, vocal recordings and synthesised percussion sounds - recorded by Matthew Magocsi. The work is inspired by my favourite portrait, portrait of Adele Bloch-Baeur painted by Gustav Klimt, which I fell in love with during my ventures to the Upper East Side art galleries when I first moved to New York.
all that glitters was written following a two year obsession with Klimt's portrait and the story of Adele's journey to the United States. The infamous phrase and title of this piece, all that glitters, has been taken from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice which asks us about the true nature of justice and mercy.
This work is a meditation on both Klimt's artistic aesthetics, including his use of gold-leaf and mosaic influences, and the ghosts that inhabit the art we experience. Does the glimmer of beautiful work ever distract us from the approaching darkness? Or remind us that it is already here.
Included in this purchase is:
A PDF score
Fixed backing track
Fixed backing track with click track
An isolated click track
After purchasing, you will receive a link to a zip file containing the files to your email inbox from squarespace. Please download in 24 hours after receiving this email.
If you intend to performance this work in public, or have any other questions, please get in touch with the composer at leahjmthomas@gmail.com
