[2+1,2+1,2+1,2+1—4,3,2+1,1—timp,perc,xyl,str]. Duration: 11:30. Full Score.

Perc. includes triangle, castanets, tambourine, cabasa, maracas, tam-tam, cymbals.

   by Jeff Cattie

A 'chromatic aberration' is a term used often in optics to describe a lens that focuses different colors at different points. The result is a 'fringe' effect near boundaries between dark and bright areas of an image. This piece, in the same way, presents three different 'colors' that are all out of focus with one another, yet clearly presenting the same image by the time the piece makes its climactic statement. Chromaticism abounds, and ties together these three colors; lending itself to the name of the driving principle behind the piece.