For Woodwind Quintet
Duration: 8 minutes
This piece was an exploration in quartal and quintal harmonies. The first movement is specifically derived from fourths and one can find not only fourths in intervals, but also in groupings and rhythmic aspects.
The second movement is surrounded around yearning for more, seeing the fourth as an incomplete figure wanting resolution of some sort. It is slow and melancholy, acting as a contrast to the first and third movements.
The third movement is a response to the yearning of the second movement, by growing the interval from fourths that had been dominating the first two movements, to fifths structurally, with recurrent leaps giving a sense of excitement. Elements of the previous movements make momentary appearances to act as the reason and drive behind the quick-moving final movement, seeing the fifths as an expansion and resolution to the fourths.
