On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter PDF

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Prof. John Music 121 On The Nature Of Daylight by Max Richter

On The Nature Of Daylight begins rather understatedly with two violins swelling in unison on deep, reverberant chords. Despite the minimalism of the melody (or lack thereof), this beginning is very striking. The timbre of the violins quavers organically and lamentingly, almost vocalsounding. A lilting melody joins in, climbing until settling in on varying intervals for two beats of quarter notes. As the piece reaches its crescendo, a third and final voice appears in the form of a wailing violin, ascending and descending in a call-and response-pattern with the deeper violins. This voice intertwines with the more melodic violin, each taking its turn hitting the soaring high notes while the other dives downward. Although this album (The Blue Notebooks) was intended as an exercise in minimalism, this piece is deceptively complex despite only containing three moving parts at any given time. The uniformity of the instruments adds to the choral quality of the piece, blending together to form a cohesive polyphonic voice instead of three disparate parts....