Through the Mist
Pamela J. Marshall
About this work:
A free-flowing exploration of delicate timbres. Intricate rhythms reflect a cadenza-like character, as if all three players were improvising together.
Three movements:
1. Ashuelot Sunrise - Allegretto
2. Rocky Shore - Andante arpeggiato
3. Nocturne - Andante sonore
The first movement, marked Allegretto, is a rhapsodic cadenza for three. Shifting rhythms and rubato keep the music from settling into a regular pulse. The phrases become more complex and build to a climax in a tonal center of D. A transition takes the music to a sort-of coda for violin with a guitar accompaniment in which the rhythm becomes more regular and the harmonies clearly move from A back to D minor.
The second movement, Andante arpeggiato, is more austere and hesitant, with minor seconds and a knocking motive, which builds to the hammered octaves at the climax.
The third movement, Andante sonore, begins with the sound of a romantic, tropical song. An interlude follows where the flute sings and the violin rhapsodizes on over the guitar’s ostinato. The opening melody returns, hauntingly. The movement finally settles into the implied opening key of E minor with rhythmic references to the knocking motive of the second movement.
Available from Spindrift Music Company (www.spindrift.com)
Also available in an orchestral version
Year composed: 1992
Duration: 00:12:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Violin, 1 Guitar (Classical/Acoustic)