(012) – (01234)
Chamber Music: mixed quintet
In the summer of 1996, I visited the Musee Rodin in Paris. I was struck by the contrast between the idyllic garden and the misshapen, deformed sculptures strewn about. It struck me as an intriguing idea for a piece, though one that lay dormant until perhaps emerging in this piece. (012) – (01234) brings together diverse elements of my musical language – austere, sparse textures; timbral exploration; stasis; dense, resonant harmonies; evocations of American popular music – and attempts to map them onto a new (for me) ensemble.