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Video Excerpt · Piano Trio · 2025

Nocturne in Parallax

Performed by musicians of the Soundbox Camerata

A Lynchian cocktail of nocturnal unease, shifting perspectives, and an increasingly expansive cinematic sweep.

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Stephen Cabell with colleagues at an orchestral performance
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