Matthew Weger — “its all the same, isn’t it?”
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Program Notes
object permanence is an original work for bass clarinet octet — eight bass clarinets moving as one shifting, breathing organism. Marked warmly (♩=80), the piece grows from a single repeated gesture into overlapping waves of color, returning again and again to the question printed at its head: its all the same, isn’t it?
At its center is an open solo section in which the ensemble sustains a quiet vamp while individual players step forward to improvise and fall back. The score invites flexibility — players may rotate freely between vamping and soloing — so that each performance is, by design, a little different from the last.
Performance Notes
Scored for eight bass clarinets. In the solo section (mm. 102–107) only two players are needed to hold the vamp, though more are welcome; roughly four solos is ideal. Ensembles preferring a fixed version may omit the solos entirely and cut from m. 102 to Rehearsal J (m. 107), playing all cued notes.