Anadyome (2007)
for violin, viola, 'cello, piano, clarinet
By Kyle Bartlett
American
American
Anadyome is a Greek word meaning “rising up from the waters.” Small rhythmic and pitch motives rise up from the lower notes of the piano and move through the instruments up to the range of the violin. As they pile up, combine, and are subtracted from each other, the piece rises or falls in tension. After a middle section with a highly contrasting character, the first part comes back in a condensed form, and finally just evaporates as the motives escape even the violin.
Other works by Kyle Bartlett:
“It is thus possible to create a tradition that is held together by strict rules, and that is also successful, to some extent. But is it desirable to support such a tradition to the exclusion of everything else?...These are questions I intend to ask...And to these questions my answer will be a firm and resounding NO.
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--Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method