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PREMIERE October 30, 2002
DXARTS concert,
Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
University of Washington Percussion Ensemble,
dir. Thomas Collier
Percussion
Andy Kalinski
Katie Hurst
Conney Lin
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Music is simply a specialized tool to manipulate our imperfect perception of time, providing us with an illusion of control. This piece is a study of change (as a process), of motion, of metamorphosis, and -- at the same time -- a study of that peculiar illusion.
A listener can follow various manifestations of motion and track them on many different layers, e.g., the inner motion of seemingly static masses of sound, or the circular motion of several motives, with their oscillations and reflections.
The computer part is comprised of continuous sound with unstable pitch and subtle changes of timbre. The role of the percussion part is either to interrupt the continuity of electronic sound or to counterpoint some distinguished events.
The form of the piece consists of two symmetrical intersections, evolving towards two climax points and an epilogue. If we consider the first ten minutes as something "real," a peculiar sound image, the following ten minutes will appear as its surreal mirror, with exaggerated contrasts and deformed shapes and colors.
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