Abstract
Convergence for Orchestra is a symphonic work based upon the juxtaposition of two dissimilar musical ideas and their development in a series of complex formal sections. The word convergence can imply a combination of two or more elements, or the point at which these elements meet. In this work the first idea, based upon the interval of a minor third, undergoes a series of developmental treatments and can be largely characterized as foreboding, agitated, and aggressive. Its passage encompasses several formal divisions and spans roughly sixty percent of the work prior to the first appearance of the second idea. From this tension, the broad second theme emerges and is lightly developed in the strings and winds before succumbing to the more aggressive first theme. It is only at the very end of the work that the tension is resolved with a statement of the second musical idea to close the work.
The orchestration is for winds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, two tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, two percussionists and strings. The duration is twelve minutes. The score is in concert pitch.
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