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Mvt 1: 3:35
Mvt 2: 5:25
"Chasing Starlight" is a playful, wistful, and hopeful work. The first movement, marked Dolce, was inspired by an evening with my wife, storyteller Deborah Dunleavy, hoping to see some of the Perseid Meteor Shower.
The second movement contrasts dramatic and playful sections. The thematic material is based on fourths. Tonal centres change frequently to highten the feeling of "chasing the starlight", epitomized in the whole tone scale patterns.
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