program notes (written by Tanner Harrod)

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The title of ecliptic comes from astronomy, referring to the apparent path the sun takes in the sky.  The piece revolves, no pun intended, on a chord progression beginning as quintal harmony, gradually closing in on each other to create a more dissonant and close-voiced chord than the progression originally presents. Subsequent sections come about as developments of the original material presented, ultimately concluding with a reversal of the initial progression.

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See the score

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