Description
Instrumentation: 12 miniatures for organ and harp
Edition: score and part
Year: 1995
Duration: 15′
Difficulty: medium
1. Pick-up
2. Jeep
3. Vintage Car
4. Old-Type Bus
5. Auto-Transit
6. Loaded Truck
7. Garbage Van
9. Revolving Brush Car
8. Water Sprayer
10. Cadillac/Mercedes
11. Train
12. Old Carriage
These twelve miniatures, divided into four subsections (three miniatures to each group), deliberately symbolize a type of mechanicalness in order to arrive at a clear-cut image; the twelve small images – also clearly-defined – portray vehicles moving on the road, evoking the sense of an industry flowing in our direction. A certain influence of minimalism is also apparent in this mechanicalness, as is the obvious intention to diverge from the familiar mental pictures raised by the two instruments (organ – ponderous, liturgical; harp – feminine, elegant). This is a duet of coherence between the two instruments and not of dialogue between them.
Both instruments are given new timbres, based on the exploitation of possible tone colours.
