EB 9246 – Mason, In a world of invisible waves: a butterfly

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Christian Mason

In a world of invisible waves: a butterfly

for Piano solo

Christian Mason

In a world of invisible waves: a butterfly

for Piano solo

Kompositionsauftrag von den Festspielen Europäische Wochen Passau, finanziert durch die Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

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.

NB. All metronome marks are approximate and the performer is encouraged to treat time very subjectively, with constant microfluctuation throughout the first of the piece (until b.65).

Duration

c. 7 minutes

World Premiere

The premiere performance was given by Momo Kodama at the Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau on June 26th 2016.

At the final rehearsal the night before we were fortunate enough to be accompanied by the dramatic interjections of a real thunderstorm. Where possible, the performance of the piece in such conditions is to be encouraged.

In a world of invisible waves: a butterfly

*N.B. All metronome marks are approximate and the performer is encouraged to treat time very subjectively, with constant microfluctuation throughout the first part of the piece (until b.65)

delicately lilting: with ever varied nuances

= c.40*

Christian Mason, 2016

Christian Mason, 2016

2016 by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden

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