Ominous Machine II

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ȱ VivianȱFungȱ ȱ ȱ

OminousȱMachineȱIIȱ ȱ forȱ2ȱPercussionȱandȱ2ȱPianosȱ ȱ (FullȱScore)ȱ

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ȱ ȱ ȱ INSTRUMENTATIONȱ ȱ 2ȱPercussion:ȱ 1. Marimba,ȱRatchetȱ 2. Vibraphone,ȱEggȱShaker,ȱDrumȱSet:ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ 2ȱPianosȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ duration:ȱca.ȱ14ȱminutesȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ OminousȱMachineȱ IIȱbuildsȱuponȱ aȱshorterȱ workȱofȱ mine,ȱ OminousȱMachine,ȱwrittenȱ forȱ pianoȱ trioȱ inȱ 2021.ȱTheȱessentialȱmaterialȱofȱtheȱopeningȱmeasuresȱofȱtheȱpianoȱtrioȱfeaturedȱseveralȱshortȱandȱquickȱ figuresȱinȱeachȱofȱtheȱinstrumentsȱthatȱinterlockȱtoȱformȱaȱwhole.ȱIȱuseȱtheȱsameȱmaterialȱforȱtheȱopeningȱ butȱthenȱgreatlyȱexpandȱonȱtheȱideaȱinȱthisȱ2ȱpiano/2ȱpercussionȱwork.ȱTheȱopeningȱmeasuresȱsetȱtheȱ toneȱandȱgrooveȱofȱaȱhighlyȱrhythmicȱandȱvisceralȱpiece,ȱfullȱofȱ“glitches”ȱandȱrepetitionsȱthatȱmakeȱ theȱworkȱunpredictable—butȱalsoȱplayful—asȱitȱmovesȱinȱmanyȱdifferentȱdirections.ȱAtȱtheȱheartȱofȱtheȱ workȱ isȱ aȱ slowerȱ sectionȱ thatȱ paysȱ homageȱ toȱ myȱ loveȱ ofȱ Balineseȱ gamelan,ȱ includingȱ repeatingȱ interlockingȱfiguresȱandȱpedalȱdronesȱthatȱalludeȱtoȱthatȱtradition.ȱTheȱslowerȱtempoȱdoesn’tȱlastȱforȱ long,ȱasȱtheȱworkȱgearsȱbackȱupȱtoȱanȱenergeticȱclose,ȱcombiningȱtheȱvariousȱmotivicȱelementsȱintoȱaȱ roaringȱconclusion.ȱ ȱ —VIVIANȱFUNGȱ

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