Hatzis-Phosphorus-M/Digital Audio Accompaniment

Christos Hatzis wrote Phosphorus soon after the death of his wife's nephew Cameron. Dedicated to Cameron's memory, this mysterious yet playful work sees two musical characters engage in a virtual conversation with each other. One, a quiet lament-like harmonic sequence for the marimba, the other consisting of samples taken from Cameron's DJ mix also titled Phosphorus. These two seemingly incongruous forms of musical expression enter a push-and-pull dialogue in Phosphorus, in which the marimbist must navigate a series of metric modulations accompanied by eerie electronic ambience, pulses of synthesized pitches and samples of Cameron's "phosphorus" chants and electronic hooks.

Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation: Marimba (5 octave), digital audio

This work is published as a performance set with a saddle-stitch score, a marimba part, and coupon for digital audio download from the publisher's website.