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        Available from Hal Leonard

        • fl, cl, pf, vn, vc
        • 8 min

        Programme Note

        The piece has two movements. The first is based mainly on asymmetrical accents, rhythms and meter from 5/16 to 20/16, derived from Greek music and language (rhythms Perle often uses). These rhythms run from instrument to instrument at the same time with others totally different, creating polymetric moments. Occasionally, a rhythm is introduced which little by little is joined by other instruments and all emerge progressively in synchronized passages. The second movement is a series of short cadenzas with rather recitative character, starting with flute, then clarinet, piano, violin and cello. The piece is idiomatically written for the instruments and in a virtuosic manner. — Theodore Antoniou