Work
Bittersweet
for ensemble
Buy or Borrow
Borrow/Hire:
To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.
About
Love and longing can be bittersweet. This particular quality is expressed in the piece through the use of “wrong” (bitter) notes within the extended tonal (sweet) harmonies. Bittersweet is composed in A-B-A-coda form. The A section features energetic pulsing rhythms in 7/8 time signature. The B section is more contemplative in tone, featuring the piano as soloist. The reprise of the first section leads to a boisterous climax, after which the gentle coda brings us down to earth, acting perhaps as a slightly quizzical look back at events.
Commissioned note
Written for Ensemble de la Belle Musique Call for Scores II: Love & Longing