There is a entirely novel string technique at 11:43 et seq. This is new. It has not been heard before. Brookcato

Brookcato. 11:37 et seq. Definition: A string instrument playing a dynamic range between fff and ppp within the same note or chord whilst accompanied by other string instruments performing the same technique, each instrument having it's own variously independent dynamic range maxima and minima within the same phrase

By means of this technique, different string instruments imbue strikingly independent voices within the same note chord or phrase, giving rise to a sense of holistic totality, accompanied at the same time by a paradoxical sense of instrumental independence

The Gordian knot remains intact, at the very moment it is severed. Extraordinary work

This takes place both on a micro level (within the same note chord or phrase) and within the piece heard holistically (on the macro higher abstraction level)

This piece heralds an important step forward

The intractable problem faced by Alexander the Great in Gordium, solved there as here with a direct novel and rule-bending solution...eleven being the first prime number repdigit, in Latin 'undeca'...the smallest positive integer with three syllables

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“Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra” was completed in September, 2020 in Fairview, TX. 

Mastering performed by eMastered.com. See other eMastered works by the composer at eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks.

Printed scores and parts are available from the composer. 

The work consists of eleven “knots” or sections progressing from one to the next without pause. 

Performance time is about 17 1/4 minutes. 

Gordian Suite is based on the composer’s “Piano Sonata No. 5: Toccata Brillante."

If your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer via SoundCloud messaging.

Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

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After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

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Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

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