Magic Maze Viola

Viola, Piano Magic Maze is the perfect title for this 8-minute adventure for viola and piano. Cycling through a form loosely inspired by numerical "magic squares," the work is a chain of variations on a 12-note series built of perfect fourths and minor thirds. Miniature versions of various characters march, canon, barcarolle, toccata, bolero, and sarabande weave their way through the continuous labyrinth, all based on symmetrical patterns of pitch and rhythm that continually develop and return.