Dedication Orchestre Edward B. Marks Music Company
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.1283364 For Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.1283364
For Orchestra.
Composed by William
Bolcom. Arranged by
Edmund Cionek. LKM Music.
Classical. Softcover.
Duration 480 seconds.
Edward B. Marks Music
#MP077085. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(HL.1283364).
UPC:
196288166641.
Dedic
ation for chamber
orchestra by William
Bolcom was written in
2021-2022, especially for
the ROCO Chamber
Orchestra. The commission
was the result of a
meeting between Alecia
Lawyer and the composer
at a Great American
Songbook concert, hosted
by Arthurand Shelley
Gottschalk. Dedication is
a concise but dramatic
work. Its threepart is
determined by tempo and
motif. The work begins
with Intro: Moderato.
After a very soft
ostinato sounds from the
depths of the orchestra,
two melodies emerge: the
first in the Piccolo and
Eb Clarinet, the second
in the English Horn and
Bassoon. They are
complemented by strings
in close harmony and
lyrical muted brass. This
is followed by Feroce!
which engages the tutti
ensemble in a cascade of
brilliant fortissimo
block harmonies. The next
section, Allegro molto,
is characterized by
agile, virtuosic passage
work and brash chords.
Tempo I returns with
familiar motifs wrapped
in six sharps. Marked
espressivo e cantabile,
tutti strings provide an
incandescent conclusion.
Then soft string
glissandi allow the music
to fade back from
wherever it came.
Dedication is
orchestrated by his
former student Edmund
Cionek.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Cello; Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.280392 Cello and Orchestra Stud...(+)
Cello; Orchestra (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.280392
Cello
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Brian Elias. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 68 pages.
Duration 1500 seconds.
Chester Music #CH83886.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.280392).
UPC: 888680971069.
8.5x11.75x0.281
inches.
The Cello
Concerto is in four main
sections that are played
without a break. As with
most of my work, the
music throughout is
generated from the ideas
presented in the fi rst
few bars, and these ideas
and their variants appear
freely in the different
sections. Recurring
material and references
to earlier sections are
used deliberately to
create not only a sense
of unity but also an
impression of familiarity
that aspires to induce a
dream-like perception of
the passing music, a kind
of spiral. The piece
opens with a slow
introduction that
gradually quickens into
the first main section,
an allegro. The form of
the second section, which
is in a lighter mood, is
based on an early 13th
century verse form, the
Sestina, which consists
of six stanzas of
sixlines each, followed
by an envoi. The words
that end each line in the
first stanza are rotated
in a strictly prescribed
pattern* to give the
line-endings of the
remaining stanzas; in
this adaptation, each
line consists of four
bars, and the repetitions
ensue according to the
plan. The intricate
repetition inherent in
this form can also be
seen as a form of spiral.
The third section is an
extended slow movement
interrupted by a quicker
episode that refers to
the fi rst section.
Generally lighter and in
a similar vein to the
second section, the final
section includes a
reference to the slow
movement before returning
to the lighter music that
ends the piece. This work
is dedicated to Natalie
Clein.
And There Was Light Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Shawnee Press
Full Orchestra (Print) Choral (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.293395 (+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choral (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.293395
A
Cantata for
Christmas. Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. Advent,
Cantata, Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3000
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.293395).
ISBN
9781540050984. UPC:
888680936129.
9.0x13.75x2.61
inches.
This
cantata is a celebration
of light. Filled with
time-honored carols and
expressive original
songs, this work will
dazzle and inspire. The
first half of the cantata
is dedicated to hopeful
prophecies associated
with the coming Light of
the World. With the birth
of Jesus, the second part
moves forward to declare
the tidings of great joy
and is crowned with an
opportunity for the
congregation to join in
singing, Joy to the
World. Brant Adams and
Robert Sterling shine as
orchestrators of this
truly festive work.
Glorious! Songs include:
A Festive Call to
Christmas; Celebration of
Light; Come, Golden
Light; Dazzling Joy;
Beautiful Name; Dreamer
of Stars; Angel Song;
Silver and Shadows;
Joyous Carols of
Christmas. Score and
Parts for Full Orchestra
(fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn,
hn 1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn,
1-2, tba, timp, perc 1-2,
hp, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc,
db) available as a
Printed Edition and as a
digital download. Score
and Parts for Consort
(fl, cl, tpt 1-2, tbn,
perc, kybd str) available
as a Printed Edition and
as a digital
download.
Full
Score. Composed by
Per Norgard. Music Sales
America. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. 188
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00865.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14032192).
ISBN
9788759858394.
12.0x16.5x0.78 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Symphony
No. 6 for orchestra,
1997-99. Preface /
Program Note:... with the
Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a
thousand years is like a
day(New Testament, 2
Peter 3:8)My SYMPHONY NO.
6 was commissioned by the
Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the
Gteborg Symphony
Orchestra and the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra,
to be premiered at the
millenium 2000.The
subtitle AT THE END OF
THE DAY can be understood
literally or it can mean
when all is added up.
However, in my opinion,
nothing ever quite adds
up, there is always
something missing, any
ending will be
provisional ...This
symphony appears to end
only a few minutes into
the first movement, the
first passage, as the
music fades away to
almost-silence, after a
start of flying colours.
But then there is still
something, a small motive
(first heard in the
initial sound-waves)
which reappears,
hesitant, but persistent,
and this embryo is what
leads on the musical
progression. An agitated
section of many
instrumental voices comes
next, until all the
voices become obsessed
with the same phrase, a
see-saw motive based on
thirds. This section
evolves into almost
martial ferocity, when
broken off by a tutti
descent into an extreme
bass-world (a bass-world
which actually permeates
the whole symphony,
emplyoing instruments
that I have never used
before: double-bass tuba,
double-bass trombone,
double-bass clarinet, and
bass flute).The second
movement, the second
passage, apparently takes
off where the first
passage ended, but now
the events are more
ambiguous, and the same
music may be perceived as
fast-moving one moment
and slow-moving the next.
This section is a kind of
passacaglia, the
characteristic baroque
bass-variation.Without a
break follows the third
and last passage, in a
contrasting high
register. The music is
rhythmically knotty as
well as freely flowing.
As in the beginning of
the symphony, a
never-ending descent or
fall breaks off the
events, and at the very
end a delta of new
beginnings, of other
worlds, is revealed
....The symphony is
dedicated to Helle, my
wife. - Per Norgard.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.288106 Orchestra Score. Composed by Per ...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.288106
Orchestra Score.
Composed by Per Nø,
rd, and rgå. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. 176 pages.
Duration 2100 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH31431. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.288106).
Symphony No. 8
for Orchestra (2011) by
Per Norgard. Premiered on
September 19, 2013 by the
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra and John
Storgards. Programme
note: The first movement
opens with sculptural
rising and falling
scales. Visually the
sound may call to mind,
say, spirals or ziggurats
(temple towers). Brisk
music leads to the climax
of the movement.The
second movement is slow
and sensually melodious
and has three interludes
of greater timbral
melodic action. The third
movement begins very
restlessly but towards
the climax the tempo
gradually begins to
accelerate. An
oscillating
pianissimomurmur ends the
movement - and the
symphony. Symphony no. 8
is commissioned by
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra and is besides
the Orchestra dedicated
to the conductor John
Storgards. Per Norgard
(2012).
Orchestra SKU: HL.49019910 Composed by John Casken. This edition: Saddle ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.49019910
Composed
by John Casken. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Study Score. Softcover.
Composed 2007. 76 pages.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #ED13617. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019910).
ISBN
9790220134395. UPC:
888680089528.
8.25x11.75x0.25
inches.
My Concerto
for Orchestra (2007) is a
twenty-minute work in
which different sections
of the orchestra, as well
as individual solos and
duos from within the
orchestra, are
highlighted as the music
unfolds. The work
continues my interest in
two-movement forms that
began with my Cello
Concerto (1991), and was
later developed in
Sortilege (1996) and
Symphony (Broken Consort)
(2004). In these works,
and in the Concerto for
Orchestra, each movement
is given equal weight and
importance with the
second developing earlier
material and taking it in
new directions.The
two-movement form of the
Concerto for Orchestra
derives from a symphonic
sonata structure,
reshaping the traditional
four-movement form and
combining this with
aspects of sonata form, a
tradition that goes back
to Liszt, Schoenberg and
Sibelius:1st movement (i)
exposition of ideas -
dramatic and sudden (ii)
scherzo and development 1
- resolute2nd movement
(iii) adagio - calm and
unhurried (iv)
development 2 with
recapitulation - intense
and energeticThe Concerto
for Orchestra was
commissioned by the
Musikalische Akademie des
Nationaltheatre-Orchester
s Mannheim with the
support of Die Landesbank
Baden-Wurttemberg for its
first two performances on
31st March and 1st April
2008 conducted by
Friedemann Layer. The
score is dedicated in
friendship and admiration
to Ronald Zollman.John
Casken
Oboe Concerto Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Boosey and Hawkes
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.48024115 Composed by James Macmillan. Boo...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.48024115
Composed by James
Macmillan. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. Softcover. 104
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060125461. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024115).
ISBN
9780851628219. UPC:
888680708962. 7.25x10.25
inches.
This work
was written for the
Britten Sinfonia and
Nicholas Daniel, and is
dedicated to him. It is
in three movements. The
first opens with a
gradual building up of
rhythmic layers on
violas, bassoon and
trumpet before the
soloist joins in.
Suddenly the music is
thrown forward by a
metrical modulation and
becomes very fast,
flighty and virtuosic.
Structurally, the music
eventually goes into
reverse before a solemn
coda. The second movement
is based on an earlier
work for solo oboe, in
angustiis... The solo
material is expressive
and sad, and enters into
much dialogue with other
wind instruments
throughout. The
reflective character of
the movement is
interrupted by little
dyadic patterns, various
pizzicato outbursts, some
scherzo-like material and
agitated faster passages,
but the principal mood is
introverted and
cantabile. The last
movement begins brashly
and has a clownish
character. The overall
feeling is extrovert and
dramatic, showing off the
oboe in fast display.
Some of the original
ideas from the opening
movement are
re-introduced in new
guises, before an
exultant and joyous
ending.
Orchestra SKU: HL.137179 Composed by David Stock. LKM Music. Classical. S...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.137179
Composed by
David Stock. LKM Music.
Classical. Softcover. 36
pages. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#X077581. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.137179).
ISBN 9781480399310.
UPC: 888680026233. 11x14
inches.
Commissione
d by the Erie
Philharmonic to begin its
Second Century. Dedicated
to Daniel Meyer.
Wind
Orchestra, Grade 4, 8:45
Score. Composed by
Stephan Jaeggi. Arranged
by Gauthier Dupertuis. FC
Music Publishing. Concert
Band. Softcover. Duration
525 seconds. Hal Leonard
#FCMP007-SC. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.4008713).
UPC:
196288190936.
As
part of the year 2023,
dedicated to Swiss
composers, the Swiss Wind
Band Association has
commissioned Gauthier
Dupertuis to write a new
orchestration of the
Overture in E-flat major
by Stephan Jaeggi.
Indeed, an update of the
instrumentation was
necessary for the
interpretation of this
work with modern
orchestras. Therefore,
the orchestration that
Gauthier Dupertuis
proposes and which he
wanted to be faithful to
the original while
meeting current
standards, will allow
todayÂ’s orchestras to
perform this piece of
classical-romantic
inspiration. Stephan
Jaeggi was a Swiss
composer and conductor
who was born into a large
family in Fulenbach
(Canton of Solothurn) in
1903. He began playing
the clarinet at the age
of 13, then studied music
at the Basel Conservatory
and attended his military
training with the Swiss
Army Band. Thereafter, he
became the conductor of
several wind orchestras.
In this role, and also
that of a composer,
Stephan Jaeggi went on to
achieve great success.
His early death in 1957
put a premature end to
Stephan Jaeggi's creative
life. All the more reason
why his work lives on
with unbroken power to
this day.
Score Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.290075 For Orchestra Full Score(+)
Score Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.290075
For
Orchestra Full Score.
Composed by Henrik
Hellstenius. Classical.
Softcover. 136 pages.
Duration 1980 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH33040. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.290075).
ISBN
9788759840306. UPC:
888680921972.
Commi
ssioned by Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra
and dedicated to singer
Tora Augestad. This piece
is based on material from
Loven/The Law,
commissioned and
performed by Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra in
November 2014.
Score Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.290039 For Orchestra. Compose...(+)
Score Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.290039
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Britta Byströ and
m. Classical. Softcover.
36 pages. Duration 480
seconds. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH33141.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.290039).
ISBN
9788759841327. UPC:
888680921958.
This
short work for orchestra
is dedicated to the
memory of Danish composer
Pelle
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.280272 Score. Composed by Hans Abrahamse...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.280272
Score. Composed by
Hans Abrahamsen. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. 34 pages.
Duration 420 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH33060. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.280272).
10.5x14.5
inches.
Three
Pieces For Orchestra
(2014-17) by Hans
Abrahamsen. Dedicated to
Simon Rattle.
Commissioned by Stiftung
Berliner Philharmoniker.
Pemiered by the Berliner
Philharmoniker and Simon
Rattle (conductor), 26
May 2018, Berlin,
Philharmonie.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.283507 Orchestra Score. Composed by Bent...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.283507
Orchestra Score.
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 49 pages.
Duration 780 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#KP01914. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.283507).
Exit Music for
Orchestra was composed by
Bent Sorensen in 2006-07.
Exit Music was
commissioned by the
Bergen International
Festival for the Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra,
and is dedicated to Per
Norgard on the occasion
of his 75th birthday.
Programme note It began
with a dream, as it
always does when I
compose. I dreamt that I
was standing in an open
doorway on a hill in an
otherwise open landscape.
I do not know what was
behind the door, but in
front of it - towards the
landscape - I saw my
music disappearing. I
stood looking for the
music, and started to
hear it, to remember it
in time with its
disappearance. The dream
continued to recur as
strange pictures in my
daydreams, and I
continued to try to write
down the music that had
vanished. It was also the
dream that gave the piece
its title- Exit Music.
Exit Music is based on
three simple songs (the
songs that vanish through
the doorway): a little
lullaby, which continues
to reappearin fragments;
a strange polyphonic pop
song that refers to a
section of my opera Under
the Sky; and a passionate
little love song, which
concludes the piece on
the strings, very quietly
and in unison. These
simple songs are then
constantly overpainted by
enervating repeated motes
in fairly simple rhythms,
which push the songs out
of the room. (Bent
Sorensen).