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Image of the Invisible is an eight-minute orchestral piece in one movement. The idea of an “Invisible Image” is an abstract one, as it is seemingly a paradox. The term is drawn from the scripture passage Colossians 1:15, in which it says “He (referring to Christ) is the image of the invisible God.” This paradoxical relationship of an invisible image is what I have attempted to musically display throughout the contours of the piece.The piece begins with a flute solo that represents the “image” and the abstractions and blurriness that the orchestral material provides to that material represent its hidden, or invisible nature. The remainder of the composition is based on the kaleidoscopic modality of this opening passage.The rhythmic structure of the piece is characterized by shifting odd meters which are split in half to create mirror images and nonretrogradable rhythms. This system generates both asymmetry at the larger metric level and symmetry at the smaller rhythmic level. This approach represents an abstraction of the hidden nature of the “invisible image paradox”.The overall form of the work is in two parts with each part coming in four waves. Wave A1 consists of the slow flute solo. In A2, a clarinet and viola duet take over, abstracting and elaborating the material using a crossfading technique, an effect that becomes a primary motivic idea in the piece. In A3, tutti woodwinds and brass continue to abstract the material. A4 brings an orchestral crescendo leading to a culminating unison Eb. Looking at the second large section, wave B1 suddenly accelerates, featuring constant 16th note rhythms in the woodwinds and a bassoon solo. B2 reorchestrates and transposes the B1 material. B3 brings the energy downiireturning to the original flute solo with light accompaniment. B4 is the final culminating wave with harmonic material paralleling wave A4. It crescendos into a final burst of energy that slowly dissipates as instruments are gradually removed from the texture, leaving the solo clarinet and viola once again. The flute returns in the end, restating a version of the “image” that it presented at the beginning. |
