• bn, perc
  • 4 min

Programme Note

The piece is part of a cycle of five compositions that I wrote when I was composer in residence by the Esbjerg Ensemble. The joint title is Opus Es. The combination of the five compositions is optional, and the complement of the players varies from a full ensemble of 12 instruments to a duo in the small Drabant for bassoon and percussion. These two instruments are chosen to ensure the existence of at least one work in the world using this specific instrumentation.

Like in other compositions of Opus Es rhythm is in the foreground, though with a more elastic, "rubber-like" feeling of pulse than in the other, more strictly pulsating pieces.

- Anders Brødsgaard