We shall all be changed…

orchestra

read by Kansas City Symphony, Steven Jarvi, conductor, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, April 2011

Duration: c.7:30

We shall all be changed… is an orchestral double chaconne consisting of two harmonic progressions, one formed of a melodic wedge expanding around a sustained tone, the other a chorale setting a recurring melody. The two progressions are at first presented separately, then fragmented and combined, and finally fused into a new theme that sets the melody of the chorale over a harmonic progression combining elements of both of the originals.