Polygon Window [Perpetuum immobile]
composer: Kenneth Hesketh
musical motifs: Aphex Twin
- After Aphex Twin’s Polygon Window –
Premiere: 12 March 2004 · London · Royal Festival Hall · London SInfonietta · Conductor: Jurjen Hempel
Instrumentation: Solo Violin, 2 Pianos, Vibraphone, 5 Marimba and 5 Percussion
Orchestra instrumentation: vln. - 2 pf. - vibra. · 5 marimbas (3:tam-tam) · Perc. (5 player): 1) 2 sizzle cym. hi-hat, sus cym., sm. side dr., med. side dr., police whistle 2) Claves, b.dr., tri., vibraslap 3) Low conga, bongo, thunder sheet, sus. cym. 4) Bongo, kit bass drum, guiro, mark tree 5) Hi-hat, tam-tam, vibraslap
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 6' 0''
Year of composition: 2003
Edition: full score
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Description:
After all, the idea of a form that is polygonal (many sided) and refractory (window) intrigued me. I was sure from the beginning that I didn't want to make a version that simply replicated the CD track in real time. Many people could have done that and I was unconvinced that such a version would be of any real interest. My idea in developing the Aphex Twin track was to gradually morph the track into a much more complicated form. A highly complex acoustic texture and a meeting of both musical worlds was my goal.
What I hoped to achieve was a representation of the original submerged within a kaleidoscopic view of itself, becoming greater than the sum of its original parts. One early reviewer called my version of Aphex Twin "an overpowering tsunami." At the least, I hoped to create a new entity refracted through external contemporary classical music influences.
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London Sinfonietta - Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters (2006)
Kenneth Hesketh
London Sinfonietta
WARP RECORDS
WARPCD144
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