LIMBIC RESONANCE

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limbic resonance (2022)

for sinfonietta
Duration: ca. 6’30”

Commissioned by Wild Up for the 2020-2022 Los Angeles Philharmonic’s National Composers Intensive

Winner of The United States Army Band Pershing's Own Inaugural Chamber Music Composition Competition

INSTRUMENTATION

Flute
Oboe
Bb Clarinet
Bassoon
Trumpet in C
Horn in F
Trombone
Percussion 1: Bass Drum, Kick Drum, Low Tom, High Tom
Percussion 2 :Vibraphone
Piano
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass

*All performers are also required to clap in this piece.

PROGRAM NOTES

Limbic resonance can be described as “a symphony of mutual and internal adaptation.” The premise that humans will subconsciously synchronize with others closest to them is explored here, as musicians gradually move out of hocket to new mechanisms within their instrument families, and then ultimately create uniformity across the ensemble. Each section of this piece is modeled after one facet of a sound amplitude envelope, or ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) and altogether displays a transition from non-pitched sound to wholly sympathetic vibration.

- Susanna Hancock (2023)

PERFORMANCES