Description
- Composer: Jessie Montgomery (1981-)
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: String Orchestra
- Work: Starburst
- Binding:
- Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: None
Description
This brief one-movement work for string orchestra is a play on imagery of rapidly changing musical colors. Exploding gestures are juxtaposed with gentle fleeting melodies in an attempt to create a multidimensional soundscape. A common definition of a starburst: “the rapid formation of large numbers of new stars in a galaxy at a rate high enough to alter the structure of the galaxy significantly” lends itself almost literally to the nature of the performing ensemble who premieres the work, The Sphinx Virtuosi, and I wrote the piece with their dynamic in mind. — Jessie Montgomery
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