Now and Then, Variations for Orchestra
Zae Munn
About this work:
2(+picc)221+cbn-4231-2perc-str (8')
The “now” and the “then” refer to the two different musical characters that permeate the whole piece. The “now” theme is forceful, somewhat angular, and has a touch of “Hindemith” in its design. The “then” theme is unabashedly tonal, complete with tonic pedal and root position dominant. The variations are both traditional (the “then” approach to variation form) in that each clearly delineated section has a new sort of approach to the thematic material, and non-traditional (the “now” approach) in that the two characters increasingly influence each other, intermix, and intertwine. Is now so different from then? Now cannot exist without then, and the more we understand then, the more our sense of now is changed.
Year composed: 2004
Duration: 00:00:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra
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Instrumentation notes: 2(+picc)221+cbn-4231-2perc-str