Double Entendre

The title Double Entendre means a phrase that can be understood in either of two different ways. While common in English, it has no meaning whatsoever in its source language, being a corruption of an old French term that is no longer used. Therefore, in this piece, I decided to translate it literally: "To hear double", and put it into practice as a compositional device in a kind of postminimalist listening/counting game for young musicians.

Beginning with simple, syncopated exchanges of two-note motif in a bell-like harmonics, the piece grows into a more complex and rhythmically tricky back-and-worth, before ending in an upbeat scale study. The two partners share the musical material absolutely equally, there is no challenge given to one that the other can avoid. The aim is for two people to become so closely interconnected that they sound like one.