Fire Wires burns with energy, as the strings (wires) of gayageum and geomungo forge a blazing path. Quiet embers at the start suddenly burst into a searing line that gradually grows into an overwhelming conflagration of notes. The flames die down briefly, only to flare up again even more intensely. A slowly smoldering middle passage merely delays the inevitable combustion of the final section, and ignites an even greater inferno, which eventually explodes, leaving only a wisp of smoke.

Fire Wires was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Asia Zither Musicians’ Association.