Stephen Stucky
Varianti
Stephen Stucky
Varianti
- Compositor Stephen Stucky
- Editorial Theodore Presser Company
- Nº de pedido PRES144-40173
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arianti (Variants) for flute; clarinet; and piano was commissioned by Bryn Mawr College and the Dreyfus Foundation and completed in 1982. The work falls into seven brief variations. After a short; energetic opening; the flute and clarinet meet on a unison F that serves as a bridge to the first variation. Starting with a narrow range of notes; the variation gradually expands in flute and piano registers; leading into the second variation; made up largely of a quiet interplay of notes among the trio. As the piano part fades; the flute rises lyrically to launch the third variation. Fast cross rhythms between flute and piano frame a clarinet solo. The rising theme; now exclusively in the piano; recurs in several guises before leading into the fourth variation. Here the piano plays fragmented motives in the upper register while the flute and clarinet repeat a five-note rhythm; with the flute gradually slowing down while the clarinet remains constant. The fifth variation begins forte; with A-flat and G in unison. These two notes are softly spun into fast sixteenth-note patterns; and these in turn fracture into a forte passage using the extreme registers of all the instruments; before the three musicians meet again on the variations opening two-note motive. An impassioned flute melody opens the sixth variation. As the flute grows softer; the piano continues to pound out a chord in eighth-note bursts; recalling the opening of the piece. The same unison F that heralded the first variation now ushers in the final; seventh variation. Marked serene; the piano plays bell-like chords as the flute and clarinet play a quiet melody; mostly in octaves. The clarinet has a final; brief reminiscence of the works main motive as the music fades away.