{"id":3142,"date":"2023-01-29T02:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T07:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christophertrapani.com\/wordpresssite\/?page_id=3142"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:41:23","slug":"the-color-of-where-you-can-never-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/christophertrapani.com\/wordpresssite\/the-color-of-where-you-can-never-go\/","title":{"rendered":"the color of where you can never go"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>the color of where you can never go\u00a0(2022)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">for voice and piano [12:30]<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/composersedition.com\/christopher-trapani-the-color-of-where-you-can-never-go\/\">SCORE<\/a> at COMPOSERS EDITION<\/em><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/soundcloud%253Aplaylists%253A2078883663&#038;color=%2341506e&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=false&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/christophertrapani\" title=\"Christopher Trapani\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Christopher Trapani<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/christophertrapani\/sets\/the-color-of-where-you-can-never-go\" title=\"the color of where you can never go\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">the color of where you can never go<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>the color of where you can never go<\/em> is a song cycle built on a prose text, entirely excerpted from the second chapter of Rebecca Solnit&#8217;s <i>A Field Guide to Getting Lost<\/i>. A single argument from this astonishing work of meandering, poetic non-fiction is distilled into seven songs, each given a one-word title from the text. Just as Solnit focuses on a dedicated sliver of the spectrum, carefully exploring its tints and associations, my musical setting inhabits a limited world of possible sounds: timbres and dynamics are mostly muted, the vocal register is restrained, as is the palette of pianistic gestures. A recurrent sensation of slowing and distancing is veiled with lush and resonant harmonies. 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