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Waves (2008)
for piano
Waves is almost unplayable the way it is written, and had to be re-composed at some point, but I never got around to doing that.
I simply like the piece too much: building on the simple idea of infinitely expanding a single line of music, somewhat similar to
Stockhausen's formula composition technique, has a tremendous appeal for me. In this case, the melodies were just so fitting,
and
the composition process so focused, that I did not dare to tamper with the results (although I did try to make a playable
version for
string quartet). Instead, I made a simplified version of the score to go with the original, and provided helpful ossia
staves with beat indications for the most complex passages.
The first eight bars introduce a simple arc contour, first in eighth notes only, then in varied durations. These changes in note values
serve as a plan for the rest of the piece: when new themes are introduced, their rhythms depend entirely on the way those initial
eighth notes are transformed in a given variation, and/or on the duration plans already introduced previously.
PDF score
Audio:
– MP3