Double Exposure
Bruce J. Taub
About this work:
Double Exposure was written at the request of violist, Karen Elaine and her sister, cellist Ellen Sanders. I became acquainted with Karen through a mutual friend, Marshall Bialosky who had given her the music of my Sonata for Solo Viola which she has performed many times. The piece is in three movements: fast, slow, very fast. The first movement begins quietly with long note values and very gradually builds up by getting louder, using shorter note values, expanding the register, etc. until the climax at the very end. The second movement works in the same way until it reaches its climax which, however occurs at its structural midpoint where the process begins to reverse. What also differentiates it from the first movement is that the actual tempo increases and decreases. The third movement has a steady sixteenth-note pulse and makes use of many cross-rhythms and syncopations. Unlike the first two movements, it begins very strongly and gradually winds down to its structural midpoint where it then builds to the climax of the entire work. It became the basis of my little piece for string quartet, Moto Perpetuo. It is published by C.F. Peters Corporation.
Year composed: 1994
Duration: 00:11:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Viola, 1 Cello