I. Weird Soup
II. Fracture 1
III. Whole
IV. Fracture 2
V. Final Soup
This piece centres around the central movement (movement III – Whole) with the outer movements representing fractured/fragmented versions of the whole. The structure is palindromic in that the centre movement is the ‘main’ movement of the piece. When listened to chronologically from movement I to V, the piece sounds unfinished. However, there are many different orders of listening to this piece. For example; the most coherent listening experience would be to listen in the order I, V, II, IV, III. This order follows the palindromic model, and other combinations could be made from this such as V, I, IV, II, III. Or even the reverse of these. Each combination will produce a different effect. As long as the combination follows the palindromic/symmetrical model, it will work.
The soup idea is just a visual representation of the piece. The whole piece is floating about in/as a soup. With the arrival of each movement, the soup changes form, becoming more or less coherent (depending on the movement’s context within the chosen order – as described above). For example, on first listen, Weird Soup seems completely incoherent, but when heard after Final Soup, the listener can intuit that Weird Soup is a warped/discordant version of Final Soup. Similarly, Fracture 1, on its own, sounds incoherent, but once Whole has been heard, it is realised motivic material from Fracture 1 is embedded within Whole (in fact Whole contains all motifs from each movement). 
Here is a brief analysis of each movement and the main motifs.
III. Whole
Whole is the movement where all motifs are brought together. Here are the main motifs:
Motif 1: Wave-like semiquaver/semibreves (eg. Bars 1-2, 10-14, 55-62)
Motif 2: Repeated semiquaver (eg. Bars 4, 6, 40 etc.)
Motif 3: Four rising semiquavers followed by falling staccato quavers (eg. Bars 3, 39 etc.) *rhythmically related to motif 2*
Motif 4: Chordal stabs (eg. Bars 8, 21 etc.)
Motif 5: Melodic line (eg. Bars 26-37, 48-54)
I. Weird Soup
This movement is most strongly related to the other outer movement (V) and is essentially a discordant version. The dynamics create a wave-like effect, this is a main motif.
II. Fracture 1
This movement uses aspects of movement I and V with the wave-like discordant introduction from bars 1-8. Following this, there is a violin with accompaniment section that doesn’t seem to go anywhere but is later realised to be fragments of motif derived from movement III. For example, the repeated semiquaver motif in bar 10 appears in bar 4 of movement III. 
IV. Fracture 2
This movement is a brief idea that plays with one of the main motifs in Whole (the motif found in bars 3, 39). This movement begins in a more conventionally tonal place.
V. Final Soup
Closely related to the first movement. This movement is a less discordant version and this l idea also ends the third movement.

COMPOSITION PORTFOLIO

Swimming in Soup, (string quartet) - 2. Fracture 1

Swimming in Soup, (string quartet) - 1. Weird Soup

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Blue in Green - Miles Davis (own piano arrangement)

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Cloud II: Atmospheres
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Cloud III: Coalescence
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