Fagerlund: Fuel

Description

"The compositional starting point for Fuel has been musical material which also served as part of the material for my large orchestral piece Ignite , which I composed the same year. in Fuel the rythmic and harmonic material is explored from a chamber music perspective. The piece consists of six miniatures which are linked to each other by the same basic material. The first miniature starts off with a wild, repetetive, and fast-flowing motive. in the second and third miniatures the musical material has developed into strong, rythmic, dancelike elements. The music slows down in miniature four and gradually changes towards a more melodic and intense expression. in the fifth and sixth miniature the rythmic and dancelike characters from the earlier miniatures return with full force." - Sebastian Fagerlund (2010)