fl/vc/pno. Duration: 9:00. Score & Parts. See also Full Score.

   by Paul A. Epstein

Palindrome Variations is derived from a single short pattern that reads the same forward or backward. The pattern is subjected to a variety of transformations and combined with itself canonically to create a series of changing textures. I was particularly interested in exploring the tension created when the original pattern competes for our attention with the new composite patterns emerging from this layering process.

The audio sample, from the Capstone compact disk Connections, was recorded by Cynthia Folio, flute; Jeffrey Solow, cello; and Charles Abramovic, piano.