Palindrome (1992, rev. 1993)
flute (picc), clar (B.Cl.), perc, pf, vln, vc
duration: ca. 15
SMMP No. 103
First performance
May 9, 1992; Dana Hall, Connecticut College
Preformance Notes
In Palindrome I was interested in utilizing the component trios of the sextet, a paradigm of ensemble treatment still relevant in recent projects. The surface character of the piece becomes quite dynamic given the constantly (albeit gradually) shifting foci.
While there is no deliberate text to correspond to the title, the form of the work is palindromic. The piece hovers around a central section where the woodwinds dominate in a hyperbolic, yet distant, reinterpretation of earlier material. Forms in general are hypotheses of musical memory, and in the case of a palindrome we recreate as we remember.
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