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Programme Note

It was the serene and radiant Galilee (also known as Kinneret) that provided the starting point for this piece for Fretwork, which is scored for a viol consort of treble, two tenors and two basses.

Kinneret Pulses is constructed out of a succession of different tempi which interrelate through a process of metrical modulation, resulting in a constantly shifting polyrhythmic harmonic texture. It is this texture which creates the backcloth for a slowly evolving web of ‘polyphonic inventions’ that embroider a recurring plaintive aria-like melody from the solo bass viol.

Throughout the piece, these two elements of harmony and melody are interlaced into a varied aural landscape of continuously changing perspective, which is further enhanced by the single lone voice of a repeating A-flat pulse, providing a focal and pivotal point to the work’s structure.

© Simon Bainbridge