Alex Jang
Momentary Encounters
Momentary Encounters, the debut portrait album from Canadian composer Alex Jang, distills transience and intimacy into four quietly radical works, realized by members of Apartment House. Jang calls forth an aesthetic of close listening, where gestures - sometimes just a single sustained note or harmonics, sometimes glimmering melodic fragments - reflect on the boundary between event and non-event. The ensemble traverses clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, moving in and out of tone with pauses as…