| Movement and Stillness
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| [approx
9:30]. For Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano. Apr 2009 |
| score
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| Performed at SFU Student
Composers Concert, Apr 2009. |
This piece was originally inspired by the rare occurrence of heavy snowfall on the west coast, effectively shutting down the city of Vancouver for several days. At first impression, it is a world of magical stillness, which mutes both sounds and activities; it is a form of beauty that is imposing in its uniformity, indifferent in its lack of sentimentality. Inevitably, movements are detected; first footprints on fresh snow, birds leaping from frozen branches, the near-unnoticeable changes in the refraction of light. Fresh snow is caught in a wind gust, weighs on branches, and eventually falls to the ground. Musically, the contrasting elements of motion and stasis are not embodied by particular instruments; rather, the ensemble works as a unified whole in order to create different configurations, different shades of movement and stillness. Several thematic units are thus revisited and elaborated on, without allowing any particular theme to establish dominance. As a result, the compositional form aims to embody a moment, or a series of moments, in time. |
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