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Commissioned by John Graham and Speculum Musicae.
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Viola, Horn, Piano, Percussion
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Commissioned by John Graham and Speculum Musicae.
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Dance Converging is a "rondo" - the alternation of a main theme with new and contrasting ones. I took the liberty of expanding substantially on the basic form, but the theme and its subsequent returns constitute the basic idea of the piece. The main theme is a spirited dance-like idea (in 3/4 but felt in one) which is characterized by three aspects: a loud bass chord in the piano; a tune in the horn, viola and percussion; and a fast-moving piano figuration as accompaniment. Each time the theme returns it is slightly varied - sometimes more radically than others. Following the main tune, which evolves Into a whirling dance with changing meter, is the second theme, a lyrical, almost tango-like tune. In the center of the piece, the main theme is transformed into a slow eerie melody played in viola harmonics, which ushers in a languorous dance in 6/4. The title pays tribute to the idea of the different dance spirits intermingling or converging" as a result of the rondo, which is one of the oldest musical forms in Western music. The rondo form continued to interest me as a means of structuring a one movement piece, and I worked with it again in a piece for chamber orchestra, Dance Of Wild Angels, which I wrote for the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group in 1990. Originally written for violist John Graham, William Purvis, and Speculum Musicae, the bulk of Dance Converging was composed in the summer of 1987 while I was in residence at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. The piece was premiered on a Speculum Musicae concert in New York in October of 1987. --Sheila Silver
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sub code 43605 - R00810
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Premier Performance Memo
-Musicians' Accord. 02 Apr 95.
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Recorded by Lois Martin (viola), William Purvis (french horn), Lisa Moore (piano),Thad Wheeler (percussion), To the Spirit Unconquered, CRI CD 708.
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"... a thrilling display of compositional and dramatic skill, as Silver breathes new life into the heretofore moribund rondo form. This piece does in fact evoke the image of dances 'converging' with one another." --AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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