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composer: Kenneth Hesketh
musical motifs: Aphex Twin

[Perpetuum immobile]

after Aphex Twin’s 'Polygon Window'

Dedication: for Grace and James
Premiere: March 12, 2004 London, Royal Festival Hall (UK) · Conductor: Jurjen Hempel · London Sinfonietta
Orchestra instrumentation: vn solo(amplified)-5perc(I: 2sizzle cyms, h.h, sus cym, small side dr, medium side dr, police whistle;II: clav, b.d, tri, vibraslap;III: low cong, bng, thunder sheet, sus cym;IV: bng, kit bass drum, guiro, mark tree;V: h.h, tam-t, vibraslap)-vib.5mar(3.tam-t)-2pno
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 6' 0''
Year of composition: 2003
Difficulty: 5
Edition: performance material
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When I was asked to prepare a track by Aphex Twin for the London Sinfonietta in 2005 my first job was to find a suitable track. After listening to three of their albums I finally decided upon the title track from Polygon Window (Surfing On Sine Waves) as I felt that this track had chord and rhythmic elements that could be utilised in a way that would be interesting.

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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