CLOCKWORK

                                           Program Note

Clockwork was written in 1989 for violinist Lewis Kaplan.  The title could be applied to almost any composition, for music is composed of an intricate superimposition of elements - rhythmic movement of part against part, changes in harmony, phrase structure, subsection, sections, and so forth.  If this piece may lay special claim to the title it is because of a tendency towards regular, unchanging meters, occasional evocations of mechanical movements suggestive of the gears of a clock, and careful attention to the timing between the semi-descrete sections that make up the work as a whole.  The piece is in four parts, the first of which (Lifeless) recurs throughout the piece, engulfing the other three parts (Turbulent, Searching, Restless).  All sections are played attacca.  

Scoring
for violin and piano

Territory
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