Hey QC!
Just saw your review! Thanks for that!
Keep in mind that this was done back in 2004 (rather it was 2003, the recording was early 2004 actually)!
Other than that the 1 bar rest is there to let everything go quiet. After a ffff it needs quite some time to calm down... same with the performers...
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I will agree on all the points you make actually, and say that all these points no longer apply in any of my latest works!
The main problem I had with this, is that it was really huge! I mean enormous! 57 pages, and yet condensed score! With x4 woods etc... A nightmare to put to Finale!
The only thing I'll say is that with the size I had huge problems with that! The minute I went from 60% to 57% I would fit an extra bar in the system which would destroy the whole thing yet again!
Other than that this idea and the piece was in my mind for plenty time (something like more than a year), and only then I had decided enough to start wrtiting it (middle 2003). It was a true obsession, I'll tell you that!
Thank you for your kind words, QC! (Btw, it has a very strong root on A and F, so you should feel somewhat at home, no?
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