MacMillan, James - Intercession

Pages	12
Grade of Difficulty	advanced - difficult
ISMN	9790060802065 (M060802065)
UPC	884088104085

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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.”