The music uses a lot of the Japanese pentatonic harmonic mode known as kumoi. It also uses an ancient Greek rhythmic mode in septuple meter.
The second piece is Particle Music for Strings & Percussion. The strings are divided into 20 groups of players, each one representing a particle. In addition there are parts for three marimbas and timpani - all in all 24 particles. This piece is structured harmonically in a rough sonata-form plan. It uses a Turkish rhythmic mode known as Akcak, which breaks a 9-beat meter into 4+2+3.
No comments:
Post a Comment