Thursday 18 September 2014

James' Day 18 - Cells

Today's work takes a little inspiration from the early phase pieces of Steve Reich, though the harmonic content is markedly different. The piece consists of a series of cells which are repeated for either a range of time or a number of repetitions. All the players begin together but get out of sync very quickly, and ever more so. Thus the harmonies diversify and intensify throughout the piece, punctuated by fleeting moments of almost-unison and almost-silence.


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