Fractured Matter
for clarinet, percussion, and violin
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Fractured Matter is structured with the idea of a dichotomy. The music alternates between two contrasting materials, each embracing different colors from the percussion instruments.
The faster moments use two wood planks, connecting and
amplifying the ascending lines in the clarinet and violin, while the more introspective music is triggered by the opera gong, and embraced by the almglocken. In the stoic final moments the repeated almglocken notes become almost spiritual, reminiscent of Christian church bells and Tibetan singing bowls used in Buddhist meditations.