The Silence of Summer Evenings

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1. StuartHinds says

   October 15, 2026 at 8:39 pm

   “The Silence of Summer Evenings” was inspired by the story “The Adulterous Woman” by Albert Camus in his book “Exile and the Kingdom.” In the story, Janine, unable to sleep, runs out into the desert night. Surrounded by solitude and silence, it seems to her that the sky is gyrating, and thousands of stars are constantly appearing, sparkling like icicles and then falling one by one until they are snuffed out among the stones of the desert. As she contemplates the spectacle, she experiences a transcendent, self-revealing moment.

   But “The Silence of Summer Evenings” is not a retelling of the Camus story. It is rather a musical expression of the idea of contemplation and self-discovery alone in the desert under the stars. Overtone singing evokes the sparkling stars in the expanse of the night sky.

   The composer bemoans the fact that most of us can’t see very many stars anymore because of pervasive light pollution, except in the most remote places on earth.

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2. StuartHinds says

   October 15, 2026 at 8:38 pm

   “The Silence of Summer Evenings,” based on Camus, is a musical expression of the idea of contemplation and self-discovery, alone, in the desert, under the stars. Overtone singing evokes the sparkling stars in the expanse of the night sky.

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