clarinet, cello, and piano
or
viola, cello, and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
About
Two things converge if they approach the same place from different directions. This piece begins with two very different gestures: the first is lyrical and expressive, the second rhythmically driving and mechanical. As the gestures repeat and evolve, they sound more and more like each other, until they ultimately lead to new musical material.
In
mathematics, something converges if it approaches a limit over time. In this
piece, the relative lengths of each section were determined by an integer
sequence generated by a mathematical formula. Initially, the numbers in the sequence
jump wildly up and down, but the sequence eventually "converges" into
an exponential decay function.