Piano
SKU:
BR.EB-9246
Composed
by Christian Mason. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
World premiere: Passau
(Festspiele Europaische
Wochen), 26. Juni
2016
Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Score. Composed 2016. 16
pages. Duration 7'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9246. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9246).
ISBN
9790004185469. 9 x 12
inches.
In a world
of invisible waves: a
butterfly is a response
to the idea of the
butterfly effect: that a
small cause can have a
disproportionately large
effect. Before composing
the music I wrote this
short poem in order to
focus my imagination and
help with shaping the
most appropriate sonic
gestures:In a world of
invisible waves: a
butterfly Flies into a
storm Which it
unknowingly created When
it took its first
flight.This narrative is
not literally translated,
but maybe you can hear
the resonances of
delicate flapping and
mercurial weather
somewhere amid the
rippling waves of the
music? It is warmly
dedicated to Catherine Le
Bris. (Christian Mason,
2016) Bibliography:
Whittall, Arnold:
Questioning the Sound:
the Music of Christian
Mason, in: The Musical
Times 161 (Summer 2017),
S. 85-99
World
premiere: Passau
(Festspiele Europaische
Wochen), 26. Juni
2016.
