Did I miss yesterday? Yes. Is there a good reason? No. Am I back today? …yes. Anyways, I’m including the initial program notes that I wrote for this piece, the first orchestral piece I’ve put on here, but I’ll admit they seem a bit overwrought. I dunno. You be the judge.
Asymmetric Waltz; Lyric Ostinato dances. Its nature of being constantly inconsistent breathes life into each passing bar. The first section careens through meters and tonalities and even forms, twice employing abbreviated fugues, employing the full variety of the orchestra. The cellular melody can be heard in various guises throughout the section, constantly evolving. The second section arrives after a short transition from the clarinets and strings, and is of a different character; contrasting the energetic movement of the waltz, the ostinato washes over listeners before introducing its long-form melody of metric ambiguity. The full strength of the ensemble is contrasted in this section with an immediate juxtaposition of limited orchestration. The ostinato carries an airy, soft quality through this limited iteration before the original theme returns. After the return and rumination of the original section, a coda brings together the feeling of both sections before the false climax and quiet resolution of the piece.
