Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, 1930

(2008)

for 4 flutes, baritone saxophone, horn in F, trumpet in C, cello, double bass

Premiered: October 5, 2008, Purchase College Conservatory of Music

Synopsis

The title of this work refers to the Piet Mondrian painting of the same title and year.

Composed using a complex system of mathematics to translate Mondrian’s visual image into pitch and durational material, this work features long-held pitches and a palindromic form, building slowly, climaxing, and fading away.

See: New Piece 5/30/08 and Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, 1927