Story Behind The Song

This piece was composed over a span of three days in December of 2004. It grew out of an exploration of all of the combinations and juxtapositions of timbres I could make with a newly acquired library (GPO) of sampled instrument sounds for use with my sequencing software. As a brass player, I was curious to see what the sampled brass players could do by testing the limits of their ranges. The resulting composition was drawn from my experience, but I was so immersed in the sounds themselves that the interpretation of experience which gave those sounds form was operative on a subconscious level during the process of composition. Only upon subsequent reflection was I able to identify the experiences that influenced the form giving process. After writing the first and third movements, I knew that I needed a movement between them to act as a centerpiece. The labels ?Incarnatus?, ?Crucifixus? and ?Resurrexit? were given to the three movements well after they were composed. I applied those labels with hesitation because of my respect for the corresponding sections of the Bach B-minor Mass. Nevertheless, the historic events referenced by those three labels influence everything I do, even when I am not consciously aware of it. When I ask myself the questions, ?What was I thinking?, Why did I write that??, I can only loosely connect my experiences with the forms that took shape.

Song Description

Result of an initial exploration of sampled brass sounds in Garritan Personal Orchestra

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
S.R.Mallon	Instrument Samples	6/19/2008