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The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … ) For violin, B b clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone Score in C Ian Percy

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Page 1: The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … )Ultima Thule … ) For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone Three Movements I. Hidden Meanings and False Prophets

The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two

( … Ultima Thule … )

For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone

Score in C

Ian Percy

Page 2: The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … )Ultima Thule … ) For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone Three Movements I. Hidden Meanings and False Prophets

The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two

( … Ultima Thule … )

For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone

Score in C

Ian Percy (2017)

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The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … )

For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone

Three Movements

I. Hidden Meanings and False Prophets (false exits and hidden doorways) II. In Pseudo-classique (a positive wave of calm after the storm)

III. In Pseudo-classique Development (the storm after the calm after the storm)

Approximate duration:

9-10 minutes

Composed for Ian Buckle and The Pixels Ensemble

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The Palindrome Triptychs

This work was initially conceived in reaction to a commission from Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (RLPO) concert pianist Ian Buckle for The Pixels Ensemble on the premise that ‘it would be good if the music could refer to the techniques of Olivier Messiaen and be suitable for a Remembrance Day Centenary recital featuring Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)’. The Palindrome Triptychs is a series of three works in three movements (triptychs). Each piece in the series is approximately nine minutes in length and composed for the same instrumentation. The scores pay homage to the palindromic techniques of Messiaen in the macro-design of the series as a whole and through the distribution of form, rhythm and pitch organisation in each of the three triptychs: A triptych of triptychs. Messiaen’s Modes of Limited Transposition (all symmetrical palindromes) were taken as a starting point for compositional planning: Apart from the single note (unison), the interval (the space between two notes) is the smallest pitch palindrome. There are six interval-classes and when used in multiple, they all complete an equidistant palindromic cycle. Class 1 and 5 are notable in the fact they cycle through the total chromatic before they repeat any notes. Class 1 will result in a row of total dissonance (chromatic octave) and Class 5 results in twelve-tone consonance (cycle of fourths/fifths). Class 2 produces a six-note equidistant whole-tone scale, Class 3 results in a four-note equidistant diminished 7th chord, Class 4 results in a three-note equidistant augmented triad and Class 6 simply produces the two-note interval of a tritone. The most succinct way of referring to all intervals, interval-classes and ‘modes of limited transposition’ was to compose with the two All-Interval Tetrachords (AIT) 4-z15 (0146/0256) and 4-z29 (0137/0467). Reminiscent of the Matroyshka Principle (traditional Russian nested dolls design), the composer followed this research strand, exploring palindromes within palindromes. The AIT are subsumed within the two All-Triad Hexachords (ATH) 6-z17 (012478) and 6-z17b (014678). The ATH in turn can be found in prime form within the Symmetrically Inverted All-Interval Twelve-Note (SI AITN) Chords: (Elliott Carter numbers) SI AITN 1, 3, 58 and 60. In addition (and for an alternate soundworld within the available palette), Dorian minor Mode (Heptachord 7-35) was used, as it is the only mode in the tonal system that inverts to itself: a tonal, or ‘natural’ palindrome. The Dorian minor Mode subsumes the Major Pentatonic Scale (Pentachord 5-35): another ‘natural’ palindrome. The Palindrome Triptychs explore mirror reflections of rhythm and palindromic forms (Matroyshka Form) from the micro to the macro via pitch organisation also conceived from the micro to the macro: palindromes within palindromes, combinatorial cells within combinatorial rows.

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1

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(... ultima thule ...)

The Palindrome Triptychs [Part Two]

Score in C

Ian Percy

Bb clarinet, violin, violoncello and percussion

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... in Messiaenic unison (hidden meanings and false prophets) ...

... in Messiaenic unison (hidden meanings and false prophets) ...

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... a relaxed and confident virtuosic landscape ...

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Page 7: The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … )Ultima Thule … ) For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone Three Movements I. Hidden Meanings and False Prophets

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F

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... in Messiaenic harmony (with energy) ...

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H

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... frenetic transitions and connectives (parallels for modern life) ...

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K

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2

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M

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O

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62

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67

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3

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77

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W

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Y

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Z

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AA

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DD

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The Palindrome Triptychs – Part Two ( … Ultima Thule … )

For violin, Bb clarinet, violoncello and vibraphone

Score in C

Ian Percy

(2017)

[email protected] [email protected]