Suite For Antigone

This four-movement musical composition for Pierrot ensemble draws inspiration from Sophocles’ play Antigone and serves to evoke metaphoric associations between the music and the literary drama. Composed in the modernist twelve-tone system—pioneered by such artists as Arnold Schoenberg and Charles Wuorinen—the work attempts to explore the questions and themes of the play, including safety versus freedom; loyalty to family, the gods, and government, through the lens of contemporary art music, offering a modern perspective on Antigone and its relevance to today’s society and culture. The accompanying essay explicates the intersection between the composition and its extra-musical source material.