aufsatz
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for score sample in pdf (pages 1-5) programme note: Aufsatz (German
for "essay") is an unashamed attempt at capturing - in some very small way - Mahler's regeneration and recasting of materials. The piece is a lopsided sonata form, where
an angular development is followed by a vastly expanded recapitulation,
which culminates in a perpetual re-spinning of the opening material, cut
short by a brief and optimistic coda.
year:
2002
instrumentation:
string orchestra duration:
14'
premiere: New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Hamish
McKeich, in NZSO/SOUNZ Readings (2003 and 2006)
Aufsatz is dedicated to my piano teacher
from an early age, Margaret Carryer.