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Solo
2024
Violin
- Program Notes
- Written in the fall of 2024, Arch is a work scored for solo Violin that is about five minutes long. The work’s opening measures lay out the defining motives of the piece from which every note is derived. Throughout this single movement, the motives are reintroduced, one per contrasting section, until all are used in combination with one another. The work starts slowly, with a lyrical yet disconnected line that rises in both pitch and energy until the first climax of the piece. Immediately following this is a short, fast, and gestural theme and variations, which lead directly into the following slow and heavy section of the piece. Showcasing the use of double-stops with the open strings of the Violin, this section ultimately culminates in the central climax of the work before walking back down the range of the instrument in a manner reminiscent of the opening detached lyricism. The work ends triumphantly, with a recall of the first climax of the work.
- Performer Credits
- Gabriella Foster, violin
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