Svein Henrik Giske

Fragmotion

The composition consists mainly of little bits put together in different ways, creating melodies, scales and harmonies. The bits are, if you like, small fragments in musical motion or context, -hence the title.
The fragments derive from the letters L-M-K, the initials of Lungegaardens Musikk Korps, who commissioned the piece back in 2002. The letters are transformed into numbers and then again into notes by the help of a system.

There are two different versions of the L-M-K motif and you hear these in their purest form in the introduction. Contrasting the L-M-K fragments is a sonorous chorale-like sequence, quoting an earlier work by the composer. This is heard the first time in the brass and percussion (fig. 1).

The L-M-K 'theme' is continously developing throughout the piece, whilst the chorale links the different sections together and finally concludes the piece.