Name: AUGURIES for orchestra [Excerpt] by Peter Yarde Martin
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Description: "Auguries" was written for the London Philharmonic Orchestra during my time on the Leverhulme Young Composers' Scheme in 2012/13. It was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

"Auguries" was written for the London Philharmonic Orchestra during my time on the Leverhulme Young Composers' Scheme in 2012/13. It was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

AUGURIES for orchestra [Excerpt]

This piece was performed by the fabulous Mivos Quartet at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music, NYC. 

Western ears are very sensitive to certain formulaic chord progressions commonly used at the ends of phrases in tonal music (cadences). In my piece, Many Many Cadences, I stretch the listeners’ perception of cadences by recontextualizing these predictable chord progressions in very fast cells that are constantly changing key and register. These lonely, disjunct ends-of-phrases eventually congeal and transform into new kinds of phrases and sound objects.

Many Many Cadences

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Played by Grand Band at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, as part of the Peter Reynolds Composer Studio.

Grand Band: Vicky Chow, David Friend, Paul Kerekes, Blair McMillen, Lisa Moore and Isabelle O'Connell. https://www.grandbandnyc.com/

AUGURIES for orchestra [Excerpt]

Peter Yarde Martin

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