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Parallel Love Orange

By thisisuser on September 21, 1998

concerto for two pianos and orchestra (2,2,2,2/2,2,2,0/2perc/strings)
composed 1997-98; duration 22 minutes

Central to this concerto is the use of the two piano soloists as an equal sonic weight in balance with the orchestra. The first section has the soloists and the orchestra overflowing each other, and as they engage in these attempts of supremacy, forward motion is created. These ‘waves of sound’ are made up of fragments of rhythm, melody, and harmony, and it is done in such a way that they give sufficient profile to create the gesture of the wave, but not enough to free the wave into an independent musical statement. In this way the music develops as a dialog between the orchestra and the soloists, as each attempt to impose his statement.

The second section – which is played attacca and leads directly into the last section – has the function of the slow movement in a classical concerto. The material is reminiscent of the first section, and moves in long, sweeping gestures. But the orchestral colours are very different – characterized as they are by the use of strings, muted brass, and percussion – and the whole mood is entirely different. The final section is fast and brilliant, and the recurrence of some quite restricted material, emphasize the idea of a rondo. Various episodes – including a cadenza – give contrast to the music, and towards the end a number of rhythm modulations pushes the concerto to its climatic conclusion.

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