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Program Note:

In October of 1994, I met Heinz Holliger and heard him perform music by Carter, Donatoni, and himself. This composition was inspired by Mr. Holliger, and to a certain degree, by the music he performed on that occasion.

These nine short fragments alternate between five pulsed and four non-pulsed movements. Over the course of the work, the longer, pulsed movements become faster, louder, more agitated, while the brief, non-pulsed interludes are progressively quieter and shorter. Each fragment makes use of a twelve note row in varying ways - usually as melodic material or focal pitches; however, quite a bit of the music is freely composed around the row. The row forms and transpositions, as well as many of the textures, follow a palindromic structure pivoting on the central fragment.

The fragments should be performed with short pauses (approximately five seconds) in between.

-David Dzubay

Nine Fragments for Recorder and Harpsichord, by David Dzubay
(1995)

Duration: 8 minutes

Program Note:

Originally composed for Oboe and Harpsichord, this version of the Nine Fragments was written for Eva Legene.

These nine short fragments alternate between five pulsed and four non-pulsed movements. Over the course of the work, the longer, pulsed movements become faster, louder, more agitated, while the brief, non-pulsed interludes are progressively quieter and shorter. Each fragment makes use of a twelve note row in varying ways - usually as melodic material or focal pitches; however, quite a bit of the music is freely composed around the row. The row forms and transpositions, as well as many of the textures, follow a palindromic structure pivoting on the central fragment.

The fragments should be performed with short pauses (approximately five seconds) in between.

-David Dzubay