Program Notes
The exploration of orchestral textures and instrumental colors was the main impetus for this piece, as well as the idea of traveling through a corridor and suddenly changing directions, experiencing a completely different configuration and architectural scheme. After a slow but substantial introduction based on a single harmony, the music is divided into short sections of different timbrel and textural ideas, separated by sharp, percussive interjections. After an accumulation of material and a frenetic orchestral tutti at the climactic mid-point, the music is calmed, reduced only to strings and a solo violin. The calm is energized by the woodwinds and the music again gradually builds to another climax which is juxtaposed with a sudden return to the opening harmony; an ethereal backdrop in the upper strings. This backdrop is sporadically punctuated by aggressive interjections—recalling the percussive gestures from before—as the music gradually fades away to nothing, under long, melodic, bell-like tones in the percussion.