Two Pianos and Violin
Bunita Marcus
About this work:
A long uninterupted hallucinatory trip - all three instruments play independently (metrically) but follow the same beat.
Commissioned by Aki Takahashi.
First Performance: Evenings for New Music, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, 1981.
Awarded First Selection by international jury, World Music Days, Graz 1982
"It is made up nicely just like the ocean is made up of many patterns of sounds, which is sometimes increasing or sometimes decreasing, is very beautiful - just like the designs on a Persian carpet. They are independent respectively and, at the same time, they are related to each other delicately." --Toru Takemitsu
Year composed: 1981
Duration: 00:40:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 2 Piano, 1 Violin