Knot

2008 | 8'

Commissioned by Esprit Orchestra
for orchestra

2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – perc(2) – pno – strings min. 4.4.3.3.2

Score

A knot is a means of fastening or securing linear material by tying or interweaving. In this case the ‘linear material’ is a collection of melodic fragments left over from my orchestral work, The Llano Curve. The ‘interweaving’ occurs on two levels; a fast, persistent ostinato becomes progressively more and more entwined as it spins itself out in two tempi simultaneously, while a slow melody is entangled and enveloped by a web of frantic tremolos and glissandi.