I was reading Don Delillo's craggy Point Omega. It's about a man living in the desert. I wondered what music would go with this? I put on Bartok's sonata for unaccompanied violin. It certainly didn't disappoint. I think this is Bartok conversing with the cancer in his body.
"The simple, concentrated clarity of the sad yet peaceful theme in the Melodia contrasts with the glissandos which create spaces of indistinct tonalities and immerse the listener in a sonic landscape of unique calm. In the middle section, played with mute throughout, the evocation of absolute silence, made still more palpable by the resemblance of the trills and glissandos to birdsong heard from afar or the buzzing of insects, attains a degree of intensity which sends shivers down the spine: our gaze is directed towards the void." - Jan Wolfrum
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