Progress

Date of Composition: 1984

Duration: 22'

Category: Solo

Instrumentation: Percussion with pre-recorded Percussion

Percussion required:
Vibrphone/marimba/Glockenspiel/Tubular Bells
2 suspended racks of various objects (wood/metal/skin)
Prerecorded Percussion

In Progress the same journey is taken twice. At the beginning all is active, dense and "pitched". Gradually "unpitched" sounds enter the web and the density thins,. From a midpoint of silence the journey is reversed until a new equilibrium is attained. At this point the opening music is reenacted fortissimo until the end.

Progress is dedicated to Jan Williams, who gave the first performance.