The composer's work comment:
Since childhood I've always loved water and wants to compose series of pieces refering to ocean, sea, lakes, ponds
and so forth as a point of reference.
Wave motion is a physical phenomenon that involves a field or a disturbance of a medium propagating in space. It is music
that is gradually transformed as the piece goes on. It is like watching a wave that washes over one, a stunning spectacle, and
that reflects like a mirror. You can also experience great rapids and streams along the course of the work.
From a musical perspective, I have tried to give the work shape based on a harmonic idea where things encounter one
another, are reflected and create disturbances in various ways. This leads to a more developmental kind of thinking in the
compositional process. Out of this one can clearly distinguish three parts that overlap. The form has a freely ternary form
structure of ABA.
1. Rhythmic, suggestive exhortation
2. Melodic, mystical middle section
3. Chorale, when the elements above are mixed togetherz
The instrumentation used are based from the classical period of Mozart and Beethoven which includes double winds, 2 horns,
2 trumpets, timpani,percussion as glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, cymbals, gong and strings. The sounds may give you
the impression of the above mentioned composers but without quoting or imitating any piece in a post-modern way sending
postcards from the past.
Wave Movements was composed on commissione from Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie and is dedicated to
conductor Daniel Raiskin.
Composition Year
2011
Scoring
2222-2200-11-0-str
Duration
11
World Premiere
2011-05-29
Venue
Koblenz (Görreshaus)
Performers
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, cond. Daniel Raiskin
Original publisher
Gehrmans Musikförlag
Tags
classical, Orchestra/Scene, Orchestra