ANDREW POPPY

MORE MATTER LESS

(original 2002 version)

for violin, alto saxophone, vibraphone/marimba, piano

ANDREW POPPY
MORE MATTER LESS (02) for violin, alto or tenor saxophone, vibraphone/marimba, piano
Duration: 10 minutes approximately
Score in C The ensemble should be amplified. Electric violin may be used
Repeats are not optional. The piece should not be conducted.
MORE MATTER LESS was written for Noszferatu (Darragh Morgan, Finn Peters, Dave Price, Evo de Greef, Joe Cutler) and
premiered at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 5 July 03.
The title refers to Gertrudes advice to Polonius, the pedant, in Shakespeares play Hamlet.
The piece is based on 3 slightly different 4 note chords. It's an endless re-voicing of these 3 chords though registral and
instrumental variation. The subdivision of the 15/8 meter is always changing. The continuous quaver pulse is divided into 4+7+4 or
4+4+7 or 7+4+4 and the 7 is sometimes further divided into 3+4. The continuous quaver movement is distributed between an
interlocking top and bottom melodic line.
(c) A.P. July 2002
For further information
e-mail: andrewpoppy@orpheusmail.co.uk
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