Palindrome Variations
Paul A. Epstein
About this work:
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Palindrome Variations is derived from a single short pattern that reads the same forward or backward. The pattern is subjected to a variety of transformations and combined with itself canonically to create a series of changing textures. First performed in 1996 by Cynthia Folio, Jeffrey Solow, and Charles Abramovic, it appears on the compact disk “Connections” on Capstone Records [under the title Palindromic Variations] as part of the Society of Composers, Inc. Series and is published in the SCI Journal of Music Scores, Vol. 26. The recording is included on Frank J. Oteri’s “Another Century List,” a compilation of 105 twentieth-century compositions in Chamber Music magazine, June, 2000.
Version: flute, cello, and piano
Year composed: 1995
Duration: 00:09:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Piano Trio
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Piano, 1 Cello