Jason Bolte on "And Death...":
And Death... is a short work inspired by the poem, “And Death Shall Have No Dominion,” by Dylan Thomas. When I was working on the composition, I was concerned with the relationships between Thomas’ Poem and the music I was composing. I wanted to the composition to be an elaboration on the text, taking the ideas presented and inferred, and infusing them into a sonic realm through text painting and other devices. Many of the sounds that are used in the composition are specifically mentioned in the poem and are a direct connection between the two works. These sounds are also used to capture my interpretation of the poem through concrete usage as well as constructing textures and gestures that are related to the emotional contour of the poem. And Death… was selected as one of three Prize Winners at the 9th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2008 (Portugal).