Starburst for chamber ensemble

PROGRAM NOTE

This brief one-movement work originally for string orchestra, and arranged for chamber ensemble by Jannina Norpoth, 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 premiered the work, The Sphinx Virtuosi, and I wrote the piece with their dynamic in mind.

— Jessie Montgomery

ITEM INFORMATION

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Optional parts: harp, contrabass (included with set)

OTHER VERSIONS

This is not the string orchestra version.

Starburst for string orchestra (score available for purchase; performance material on rental only)

Starburst for symphonic orchestra (score available for purchase; performance material on rental only)

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