composer
Sharp Edges
for violin, viola, cello, bass & percussion
2009 | ca. 7 min.
[] Commissioned by James Stephenson and the Chiasmus EnsembleComposed for the St. Magnus Composers' Course 2009
f.p. 24 Jun./09, St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland. Psappha ensemble, Christian Baldini (cond.)
Programme Notes
Sharp Edges is a single movement work in three sections, each beginning with a passage of subtle pulsation and static chords followed by a climactic gesture of rising string scales and various percussion figures. If one imagines the music in tangible terms, as a sculpture, I imagine these climactic moments of increased intensity to reflect the boundaries, or edges, of the static passages they follow; hence the title, Sharp Edges.