Composed for Alarm Will Sound
Score available here
Score available here
This piece was premiered by Alarm Will Sound in 2023. Like many of my works, it explores the idea of flexible coordination between the parts. The overall path of the music and order of events is fixed, while the moment-to-moment interactions of gesture are open to chance and player choice. This helps me to create clear lines of large-scale form, while embracing a sense of organic complexity at the small scale. The notation supports this approach and emphasizes continuous change in dynamics and timbre.
In my music I often create landscapes for the musicians and audience to be in together for the duration of the piece. In the past, these landscapes have usually been empty places. In this piece there is an observer present, and an environment that is itself full of life. The two begin distinct, but the boundary between them becomes increasingly blurred.