Forever Turnarounds
first performance: members of South West German Radio Big Band Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pascal Rophé); ‘Donaueschinger Musiktage’, Donaueschingen GER October 2022 — commissioned by South West German Radio — instrumentation: studio orchestra (alto sax 1 (doubling cl in Bb and flute) / alto sax 2 (doubling cl in Bb and flute) / tenor sax 1 (doubling cl in Bb and flute)/ tenor sax 2 (doubling cl in Bb and flute) / baritone sax (doubling bass clarinet) – 1.4.4.1 – drumset / aux perc. / bass / harp / piano / organ – strings ) — duration 13′ / 2022
Forever Turnarounds is an experiment in “deep easy listening”. For music theorists, twelve, added-tone, major chords in twelve keys modulate three times in minor thirds via tritone substitutions with tertiary chord structures. For casual listeners, the sound image and tagline should feel like this: the avant-garde society dance band plays the late nite eternal return for lovers. (TM)