Even in a catalogue as multifarious as Thomas',the carillon piece Ripple Effects stands out as a one-off.Commissioned by Rockefeller Chapel and devised in anumber of versions, sculpted for carillons of threesizes, requiring varying numbers of players, the workis described by the composer as 'a labirynth of musicalinterrelationships and connections' that increases incomplexity to this ever-expanding spiderweb of peals.Paul Pellay Ripple Effects for Carillon, a commission fromRockefeller Chapel, is dedicated to ElizabethJ.L.Davenport, Dean of Rockefeller Chapel, Chicagocompassionate spirit, innovator, visionary, arts devotee,and dear friend – in celebration of her ten years as Dean.Across Ripple Effects’ 5-minute duration, it unfolds alabyrinth of musical interrelationships and connections.Rhythmic agility, counterpoint, skill, energy, dynamicrange, clarity, and majesty. Throughout thekaleidoscopic journey, the work passes through many“ripple layers”. This additive process continues until thefinal culminating sound of the composition - a chordwhere every one of the bells in the carillon are rungtogether.Augusta Read Thomas
- ISMN: 9790708167501 (M708167501)
