Program Notes: Mille Sonitus (Overture of a Thousand Sounds)

(2,2,2,2 4,2,2 Timp. Perc. Piano, Harp Strings)

Mille Sonitus is Latin for a "Thousand Sounds".  The work employs a number of different orchestral devices that simulate acoustical echo, decay, and doppler effects.   Much of the work focuses on a three-note motif (CDE) that is developed through a series of transformations where the motif is distorted and elongated, first through a lyrical treatment moving more into a contrapuntal setting.  

The work was written especially for my guest conducting debut with the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico.