The Winter of Recrudescence for Solo Guitar

The piece, whose title is a nod to Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel The Autumn of the Patriarch, was written during the beginning of the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter of 2020/21. Most of 2020 was spent...existing. Staying home, seeing the same walls day in, day out. Somewhat, in the summer and early fall, one could step outside, perhaps have socially distanced picnics and whatnot; but then: winter arrived with a flurry of snow. Infections and deaths resurged. A new strain made landfall. So: back to those same walls, those same activities, days pass but have lost meaning. Again.

The same story, retold, again and again.