“7-11 and much later” (2006) for harpsichord or piano
( “7 am Prelude” – “11 o’clock” – “Much Later..” )
Performances:
2006 Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem Theater,
“Etnachta” series, live broadcast by the Kol Hamusika national radio-channel
Recordings: Albany Records 2007 (“Harpsichord Music by Israeli composers“)
Publications: IMC
This piece is a type of a Triptych commissioned and recorded by the internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Marina Minkin.
The outer movements – the 1st (“7 am prelude”) and the 3rd ( “…much later”) form a combination of two different types of improvisation: quasi – Baroque and Blues, enhanced with an especially tinted blend of the unique harpsichord sonority.
The middle section entitled “11 o’clock” was written originally as a segment for solo marimba, comprised of 11 episodes, each episode with a length of 11 measures of 11/16 time signature, producing the name of the piece.
The new version doesn’t retain the same structural quality, but is also characterized by the distinctive 11/16 rhythmic division producing the impression of a “limping” 5/8.
The effect created from this rhythmic division is one of haste and palpitation, yet similar to that of a faulty mechanism.
