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Lewis's “Emergent.” It began with a shrieking dialogue between the flute and electronic sounds, which swiftly transformed into what sounded like — and also, oddly, very unlike — bird calls, before ending in a shivery, icy mood, as on a glacier or space station. It was music you could well imagine being played in 2036.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmergent\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), performed by Claire Chase (flute) and Levy Lorenzo (electronics), was commissioned for Chase's Density 2036 project, a 23-year marathon to create a new body of work for solo flute. Here, the timbral versatility of the flute family and Chase's complete command of this centuries-old instrument shine. A persistent opening motif shimmers in Chase's effervescent high register; jet whistles and whimsical runs soon become fodder for the invisible beast–software. 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