Mandolin Phase (2011), for 2 mandolins
Program Notes:
Using Steve Reich's Violin Phase, Piano Phase, and Clapping Music as models, Mandolin Phase features two mandolins playing the same fragment over and over again. One mandolin remains at a constant tempo throughout, while the other accelerates ever so slowly, phasing with the constant mandolin one 16th note at a time until by the end they are once again perfectly synchronized.
Using Steve Reich's Violin Phase, Piano Phase, and Clapping Music as models, Mandolin Phase features two mandolins playing the same fragment over and over again. One mandolin remains at a constant tempo throughout, while the other accelerates ever so slowly, phasing with the constant mandolin one 16th note at a time until by the end they are once again perfectly synchronized.
