Life Span

Programme Notes

When I composed this piece, I had been on this planet for 44 years, 5 months, and 14 days. According to an online life expectancy calculator, I have roughly 40 years left—if I’m lucky, that is. In a way, this piece became my personal reckoning with time: the years I’ve lived, and the time still ahead of me. It reflects a realization of how finite our lives truly are, how quickly those years accumulate, and how the clock is always ticking.

The piece is an exploration of that awareness—the weight of the past and the urgency of the future. It serves as a sonic meditation on the tension between what has already passed and the time still left, confronting the realization that time waits for no one. There’s an undeniable truth in the phrase: You only live once. This composition is my attempt to come to terms with that truth, to reflect on life’s brevity, and to find meaning in the time I have left.

– Frank Horvat