Movement for Orchestra
William Susman
About this work:
Movement for Orchestra was awarded the Raymond B. Hubbell ASCAP composition prize in 1982 while Susman was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois.
This work and others from his early period such as Exchanges (1982) and Openings (1982) use graph paper to layout the pitch material. The "music" on the graph paper are a series of lines representing pitch and duration much like a "piano roll" or the way a sequencer's piano roll view appears. He then, orchestrated the lines, giving them timbre, dynamics, and gesture.
Here Susman showed influences from Webern in his pointillistic gestures as well as Penderecki and Xenakis with a predominance of glissandi.
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Standard Orchestra
Instrumentation:
Instrumentation notes: Winds in 3, Brass 4,3,3,1 pno, harp, perc, strings.