- Year of composition: 2016, revised in 2018
- Work category: 6 Instruments
- First performed: 24 October, 2016 in the Scandinavia House, New York City. Ensemble mise-en (the original version)
- Duration: 14 min
- Detailed duration: 13'30''
Instrumentation
picc, clar, melodica, tbn, vn, electric bass
Description of work
One-movement work
Work comment
Like so much music from throughout history, Exercises in Indulgence is constructed around the forced marriage of two contrasting musical ideas—in this case, these ideas being a fast and angular, slightly bebop-flavoured lick, and an unapologetically cheesy melody.