Moo

Version 1 – 2 violoncelli – 1994

Version 2 – chamber orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass) – 1995
1995-04-06 Academy of Music and Drama, Göteborg – Ensemble for New Music – first performance
1996-10-22 UNM, Copenhagen – Ensemble Ars Nova

Version 3 – 2 violins – 2002

Durata 6’30”

Moo (eg. Mō) comes from Japanese and means already/soon/again. The piece is initially a duet for two celli and the main idea is two parts that try to get as close together as it goes within the usual chromatic tone system. They never play the same tone except at the end when they both land on a quarter note raised A, midway between A and A#. However, it is an octave apart – the same tone but still not.