Palm’s Soft Terrain › 2018
cimbalom | 8:15 | for Nicholas Tolle
mvt. I premiere: Nicholas Tolle; December 9, 2017 at The Record Company, Boston MA
mvt. II premiere: Nicholas Tolle; March 7, 2019 at Boston Conservatory
complete premiere: Nicholas Tolle; March 30, 2022 at Boston Conservatory
mvts:
I. Undulating Herringbone (2017)
II. Basket Weave (2018)
III. Mary-Ann Ostrander Pattern (2018 / 2022)
n o t e s
In composing Palm’s Soft Terrain the act of designing the score was a link to practices outside of my own—specifically this piece deals with patterns of traditional American weaving patterns, interpreting their characteristics loosely through notation. The third movement adopts a cutting from Brahms; based on a traditional double-weave pattern—in which two patterns are woven simultaneously, on top of one another—this movement unweaves and stretches Brahms’ material, overlaying it with a contrasting pattern. Writing this was a means of touching a practice to which I’m no longer connected.
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