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A
multitude of colors present themselves in What Goes
in the Night, a both entertaining and challenging piece.
The opportunity for expression is coupled with rhythmic
intensity as the composer sets the stage with a somber,
pulsating beginning, followed by an ever-intensifying pace to
an exciting climax. Percussion enjoys an important role in
adding subtlety to some passages and strength to others.
Particular attention to the staccato of dotted
eighth/sixteenth figures will help make that recurring motif
speak clearly and add to the tension.
Under the cover
of darkness, life goes on.
Sleep, work, passion, mischief, murder and mayhem.
Actually, the same things that go on during the day.
Yet, wrapped in a blanket of mystery and shadows
there is a certain power, a secretive nature that blurs the
lines
between what is and what isn’t.
A trivial problem in the daytime becomes a tragic epic at
night.
Love, seems more personal, almost magical. Work . . . endless.
Trouble has a cloak and Danger lurks behind every shadow.
Beauty. The moon and the stars.
Casting their light, hope and a promise of what could be.
A new day will come. Eventually.
But first, we must all deal with the night.
These notes, as
well as the music, were written under the cover of darkness.
While creating them both, I heard many "bumps" in
the night.
I investigated most of them. All but three made it into the
music. J.G.
To
see and hear the score:
What Goes in the
Night
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