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Two hallucinatory figures, their ambiguous lines traced
crystalline monadic transitions, youthful, severe
graced in a grueling atonal exercise, romantic effusion unrestrained
in a supercilious waltz so rich in resonance
framed in atmospheric wanderings, creative in play
centered on nature’s yearning for two
to come together again in a long and yielding embrace…
Two figures, exploring orchestration’s depths
in a motion medium liquid in psychology
temptation offered, tossed to the audience
like rustling winds and falling rains
melodies whistling through the streets
returned upon a chilling marching beat…
Pounding drums from the dawn of creation
fading in the brightly-lit world of simple daily life
brash gestures mix with diaphanous texture
upon the battlefield between triple and quadruple forte fifes…
Two agitated figures screeching into an uppermost register
joined through trills, lines cool with stately rhythm
ghostly triads rise, unrooted
bubbling to the surface in a teasing dissonance
with a complementing spell of suspended animation…
A skirling fanfare of imminent joy
their rainbows narrow to mere intervals, skimming
the upper atmosphere where sonic adventures
urge the development of a closer-held theme
that would capture the mood of a silent seascape
as a single, self-serving entity…
Inner torches of unearthliness
bizarre, surreal counterpoint
dissonant miasma, textured, unsafe
oscillating in frightening intensity
savage the intellect upon center stage
wandering through dawn, maddened creation
elusive melodies, a closely-held scream
tossed in effusion unrestrained...
They unravel, insinuating tones float up from a nightclub
where percussion instruments smack threateningly
minor chords clamp down terrible depths
from which the couple’s inner torches illuminate
hypnotic repetitions of unearthliness
mesmerizing, maddening in equal measure
yielding miasmic scenes bizarre and surreal
dripping blood onto the marble floor…
They leap back upon the center stage
snapping in the air as if out of nowhere
then tapering off gradually with a languid shrug
as the dissonance delivers its counterpoint
with stentorian sheets of brass sounding smartly savage…
They drift, soft sonorities with a hard edged of life
string tremolos churning a quiet surf
fierce undertones of technique and fine expression
decorate figures transitioning into a freshly found theme
the embrasure of love has a radicalizing effect
where joined during transcendent reconciliation…
Whirling around with aesthetics of repetition
transformed into quaint vessels of primitive energy
a syncopated dance of strong silent accents
glimpsed in transitory glimmers of light
glissandos heralding in a fresh drunken horde
who gyrate in sweat-inducing crescendos, taken
from the threshold of audibility to the threshold of pain
muscles rippling in transpositions of six-note chords…
A crushing discord now at every node
embodying a Dada noise-making spirit
probing the noteless between the notes
the bending of pitches, the coarsening of timbers
in a simulacrum of an unburdened sea…
a jazzy halo, an uneasy drone
hushed in the physics of a throaty tone
poised in immediacy, a drunken theme
mixing with lyrical complexity
sound and fury of a bacchanalian horde
limbs caught up in a swirling choral finale
fearsome attendants to a smouldering dream
waltz the resonance of a yielding embrace...
Breaking free, they take leave of accompanying harmonies
splashing in skittering sheets of a water spray
harmonic movement frozen in static sonority
in a magical concoction of devilish sorcery
a rapid ostinato of exhilarating immediacy
slowly retreats, leaving two oscillations
tumbling toward the thought of an uneasy conclusion…
Beauty, terror skirmish in beguiling ways
hovering, an elusive poise claimed softly by warm waves
hypnotic iterations trail around the dyad
an uninterrupted succession of colors
breath-stolen brushstrokes from a waterfall painting
their lightness on the very brink of nothingness
suggesting the most abstract element of one flawed emotion…
The two massed in overtones paused for absorption
the mirage of peace curling upward in a wisp of smoke
circling melodies give way to throaty tones wailings
proximity shutting down the intellect, saturating the senses
peaks of sound and fury hushed in the valley
heartbeats tremble under the physics of sound
in a foggy terrain of melodic characters…
A clear ring of a bell, linear patterns return, hang
in limbo between the noise of life and the stillness of death
the ensuing silence clapping the ears like thunder
they make a turn toward the audience
sweet sounds mix with complexity, ticking
exploding in a spiral of frightening intensity
mystified exponentially with a phantasmagoric march
the thudding drumbeats, the craggy brass fanfares
shuddering into climax with a battery
of percussion beating down a steady beat…
They danced like a neoclassical edifice permeated by revolution
like two opposing harmonic spheres, irreconcilable
his horns, blurring howls over her floating, hazy chords
snarling rudely from one note to the next,
her grandly singing lines and gently ringing chords
pausing time for a lone, flowering second
from which a new melody emerges like a blood-soaked stream
its dissonance a reverberating leitmotif
gurgle in a diabolus of musica…
modern confection in an old Imperial style
velvety orchestration in a circular motif
a succession of colors in devilish sorcery
neoclassical edifice in a blood-soaked stream
blurring howls in skittering sheets
spheres of two opposing harmonies
cartwheeling solos in ultra-modern guise
a lone flowering mood in a leitmotif...
A steady current through a wild Scherzo
delirious in a dreamily lyrical Adagietto
the hint of glitter, the swirl of smart urban life
tinged with exotic Oriental coloring
churning from within their embodied souls…
In mind-altering breadth and depth, towering
over every other artistic endeavor of their time
from debonairly gliding jazzy characters to squawking the highest notes
passages drawing cosmic power from otherworldly laws
an elemental hum bathed in a sonic halo
stirring a luxurious moment of viscous harmony
within the deliciously insolent sounds of a primeval drone…
They rose, from the clotted chords of the bottom registers
gaining structure, rising to the heavens, to crumble again
into the formless noise of a velvety orchestra
until the radiant choral-driven finale begins
with bass drums rumbling, fearsome sounds placing
them at odds with the attendant vox populi…
They perform a scandalous scene in a languorous dance
over a saxophone-laced continuo
a beneficial storm leaving behind clear weather
they mix in a new type of modern confection
toned down so as not to ruffle high society
yet freewheeling into a new main theme
stately in procession, an old Imperial style
drums beat with the lust of drunken young soldiers
woodwinds squawking like frightened children
from a secular chorale from sagging steps
protecting the mosaic-gilded dome of a Byzantine church…
Partners jostling as one against a master plan
emotions smolder under a composed, polished surface
bitter chorales and broken fugues, external and aching
pulsing brass figures and cart wheeling solos
capture the innate melancholy of their modern guise
jagged grace notes catch deep in the voice, then cease
whipped up dust clouds from their danced-through feet…
broken fugues domed in a Bysantine church
bitter chorales catch in the voice, then cease
innate melancholy of the mosaic theme
caught in dust clouds raised from their dancing feet
steady their procession through clotted chords
deliciously insolent in primeval drones
breath-strokes stolen from undertones
settle between the elements of their embodied souls...
The melody simplifies without losing grace
a circular motif, rich in modal sonority
purring triplet figures propel to the end
shadowing the dancers out from between the written notes.
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Honorable mention
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