Abby Fisher’s wonderful new album features Continuous Interior for solo vibraphone and electronics. Available on Bandcamp and streaming everywhere (Released on Neuma Records)

Host Matt Donnelly interviews composer Robert Honstein, talking about his music and a preview of his latest album Horizon Line.

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Horizon Line, released by New Focus Recordings, is available on Bandcamp and all streaming services.

Robert Honstein Horizon Line Horizon Line music with string quartets Released on New Focus Recordings June 12, 2026 Bergamot Quartet Abby Fisher, vibraphone Mivos Quartet Alyssa Wang, violin Kiyoshi Hayashi, violin Beste Tiknaz Modiri, viola Jacques Lee Wood, cello Recording engineers: Mike Tierney (Tracks 1-7) & Ryan Streber (Tracks 8-9) Design by greystudio Artwork by Chris McCaw Liner Notes by Robert Honstein Horizon Line by Robert Honstein Spanning over a decade of work, the pieces on this album reflect my dual fascination with the string quartet and landscape. These works represent years of collaboration with cherished colleagues and dear friends. For their commitment, insight, and dedication, I am forever grateful. I have always been drawn to nature—not just as a source of wonder, but also as a place of fear, discomfort, and even irritation. Nature is a blank slate that nonetheless serves as a mirror to our own interiority. While the pastoral in art is often expressed as a desire to escape man-made structures—in this collection, I search for a new understanding of the concept. Here, the pastoral becomes a psychological space, bound only by projections of our mind. In this sense, the Horizon Line represents the limit of our vision: the point where immediate surroundings meet the infinite, and the known meets the unknown. Whether drawn by the fluorescent ceiling of a sprawling warehouse or the frozen edge of the Arctic tundra, the horizon orients us, allowing us to situate ourselves within the landscapes we inhabit. - Robert Honstein, Liner Notes OUT ON NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS Track Listing Continuous Interior: I. Flickering, light [05:45] Continuous Interior: II. Languid, dreamy [05:36] Continuous Interior: III. Urgent, breathless [05:45] The Great Marsh: 1. Salt Hay [05:25] The Great Marsh: 2. Mudflats [03:56] The Great Marsh: 3. Seaside Sparrow [02:03] The Great Marsh: 4. Estuary [07:36] Arctic: I. Midnight Sun [03:07] Arctic: II. Polar Night [13:56] Check out Rob's interview on Classical Journey with Matt Donnelly Horizon Line's Complete Score Follow Videos Playlist Copyright © 2026 Robert Honstein, All rights reserved. You are in this list because you might be interested in my music. But, please, unsubscribe if this is not the case. Our mailing address is: Robert Honstein 2 Barney Park Irvington, NY 10533 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

For the release of Horizon Line, Abstraction Music Group has made a score follow video for Continuous Interior, featuring Abby Fisher with the Bergamot Quartet. Enjoy!

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Horizon Line features three works - Continuous Interior, Arctic & The Great Marsh, featuring Mivos and Bergamot Quartets, among others

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View this email in your browser Hello friends, I am thrilled to announce my sixth full length album Horizon Line, featuring three works with string quartets: Continuous Interior for Vibraphone and String Quartet (2022), The Great Marsh (2016), and Arctic (2013). The album will be on New Focus Recordings June 12, 2026. Stay tuned for updates, trailers, and previews leading up to its release. The album features the some amazing artists-friends-longtime collaborators: Abby Fisher, percussion Bergamot Quartet Mivos Quartet Alyssa Wang, violin Kiyoshi Hayashi, violin Beste Tiknaz, viola Jacques Lee Woods, cello Horizon Line explores landscapes and the pastoral - in nature, visual art, and urban space. The “horizon line”orients perspective and by implication, how we situate ourselves and derive meaning from the world around us. The album also brings together a decade of string quartet compositions, a medium of great joy for me. Album Trailer Below! https://youtube.com/shorts/NWkQVjRQifQ I have three upcoming premieres:  Juvenalia, arranged this past year for Wind Ensemble and solo percussion, will be premiered by Garrett Arney and the Yale Concert Band on April 10th, with additional performances at East Carolina University (April 24) and Arizona State University (Fall 2026). April 10 | Yale Concert Band with Garrett Arney Percussionist Lynn Vartan and violinist Shalini Vijayan premiere Floriography as a part of their multidisciplinary performance featuring live music, dance, projection, robotics and interactive installations April 24-25 | Floriography at Kimbell Cultural Event Center, Bryan, TX And No Exit New Music will be premiering my full Sonnets for soprano and chamber ensemble with soprano Anika Kildegaard, May 28-30: May 28 | Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets at Waterloo Arts, Cleveland May 29 | Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets at The Bob Stop, Cleveland May 30 | Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets in Cleveland Heights Look below for some other news. Thanks for tuning in!  - rob In big news, I was awarded a 2025 Fromm Music Foundation commission. I will be composing a percussion quartet with the Colin Currie Quartet in the UK. Full Press Release Here In December, Rocket City New Music premiered my Everything, Anywhere. Everything, Anywhere was commissioned by Rocket City New Music with the generous support of Constance Blau in loving memory of Paul C. Blau. “The marriage of percussion and electronics is magical, creating newfound space, its repetitions implying the flawed infinity of the places of the title.” - Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine (Issue 49:5) Neuma Records releases Percussionist Abby Fisher's Continuous Interior, featuring the vibes/electronics version of Continuous Interior April 3rd Album Release Concert (Flagstaff, AZ) Streaming everywhere April 26, 2026 In January, The Living Earth Show with Tanner Porter premiered Music to Hear for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar percussion at the PIVOT Festival in San Francisco. Copyright © 2026 Robert Honstein, All rights reserved.    You are in this list because you might be interested in my music. But, please, unsubscribe if this is not the case.     Our mailing address is:    Robert Honstein 2 Barney Park Irvington, NY 10533 USA     Want to change how you receive these emails?    You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

For the release of Horizon Line, Abstraction Music Group has made a score follow video for The Great Marsh. Enjoy!