Programme Note
Composer Note:
Section I: Tragic-- bow string sonorities.
Section II: Lyric-- strings, horns, and woodwinds.
Section III: Pastoral-- emphasizing woodwind color.
Section IV: Fugue-- dramatic.
A. Brass-- percussion predominating.
B. Canonic development of Section II material constituting background for further development of Fugue.
C. Brass Climax. Rhythmic motif derived from Fugue subject.
Section V: Dramatic-- Tragic.
Restatement of Violin Theme Section I. Tutti strings in canon with tutti wood winds. Brass and percussion develop rhythmic motif from climax of Section IV.
Materials:
1. Melodic Contours-- Diatonic-- Polytonal.
2. Harmonic Textures-- Consonance-- Polytonal.
-- Roy Harris