MacMillan, James - Intercession

Pages	24
Publication Date	28 January 2015
Grade of Difficulty	advanced - difficult
ISBN	9781784540777 (1784540773)
ISMN	9790060129841 (M060129841)

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The composer states that “the piece begins with a slowly falling scale of seven notes, thrown from one player to another, repeated nine times and embellished with ornamental flurries which outline a gradually evolving harmonic pattern. The repetitive nature of the music is like a peal of bells or some other kind of evocation. Eventually the music breaks out of this cyclic inevitability and heads into a faster dance-like material which in turn develops its own ritualistic recurrences.” The score and parts are intended for oboes at sounding pitch or for soprano saxophones sounding a tone lower than notated.