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cadenze
evening prayers
excursion
aria

Veloce is a set of 4 miniatures strung

together by a common interest in speed.
Veloce was composed using a new
technique I have developed that uses
tonality based not on the circle of fifths,
but rather on a unique
set of symmetrical
the
circles that produce a
highlight of
fascinating, yet
the year
familiar tonal
came Nov. 9
landscape.
with Justin
Merritt's
Five
Preludes for
piano
-Peter
Schimpf,
Bloomington
Independent

The first movement,

cadenze, is an attempt
to create an entire
movement
constructed of nothing
but a series of
cadenzas for each
instrument. It is
marked Wildly fast
and is meant to be both a virtuosic
display and a toccata-like exposing of the
novel tonal basis for this work.

The third, untitled movement is played

as fast as possible from start to finish.
The players chase each other across their
upper registers in a furious though nearly
silent (ppp sempre!)
scamper.
Several
times I
The final movement,
wrote
aria, is marker Adagio
"Wow!" next
lacrimosa. It is a
to a work
lament for the violin
being
marked by harsh and
played...
unrelenting
-Peter
interjections from the
Jacobi,
piano. The work ends
with a subdued
though not quite fully resolved Eb Major
chord.
-notes by the composer

premiered by
Benjamin Sung & Ji Hye Chang

After the ferocious beginning, the tiny

second movement, evening prayer, is a
joltingly static, meditative response. The
piano begins with a bell-like tolling
ostinato. After a couple of cycles, the
violin answers with a distant chant, a
plaintive prayer.
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Dur: c. 10'

Veloce

for violin & piano

Justin Merritt

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choral orchestral

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Standard Deviation!.............................................................................................violin
Bar for Hans Sachs!.................................................................................................flute
Veloce!.......................................................................................................violin & piano
Coupling!................................................................................................................organ
Drum Break!...................................................................................................percussion

chamber

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Janus Mask!..................................................................................................
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winds in 2s
River of Blood!.............................................................................................winds in 2s
Dervish!.........................................................................................................winds in 2s
Lachryme!..............................................................................................string orchestra
Monster!........................................................................................................winds in 3s

A Gauze of Misted Silver!..........................................................string quartet & harp

Ravening!..................................................................................................string quartet
Invocation!....................................................................................................8 solo brass
The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro!............clarinet, violin, cello, & piano
Trio!.................................................................................................violin, cello, & piano

piano

5 Preludes!..............................................................................................................piano
Chaconne: Mercy Endures!..................................................................................piano
Rococo Suite!..........................................................................................................piano
Sierpinski Gasket!..................................................................................................piano
Windchimes!...........................................................................................................piano
Hive!...................................................................................................4 pianos, 16 hands

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Corde natus!..........................................................................................................SATB
Lamentations!.......................................................................................................SATB
Hay Das!......................................................................................................SMsATBrB
Nativity!.................................................................................................................SATB
Adoro Te Devote!.................................................................................................SATB
Fire Sermon!....................................................................................SSATB & orchestra

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