Program Notes

The form of this E minor four-voice Fugue incorporates an Eastern theme where Western fugue form brings counterpoint to Eastern tradition. There are 18 small sections and each section has its own orchestration design. Some parts of this piece are orchestrated in a similar fashion to Anton von Webern's orchestration of Bach's "Ricercare a 6" from the "Music Offering." In that orchestration, the main lines of the contrapuntal are orchestrated in such a way that the beginning of a line would start in one instrument and the remainder of the line would finish in another, complimentary instrument.  This piece begins with all instruments playing parts of different parts of the theme and ultimately ends as it builds up by adding instruments with all playing the same design