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This stunning and
powerful work recalls the massive Krakatoa explosions of 1883 that
were heard over 2,000 miles away. The piece begins with an immediate
intensity using dissonant ascending notes representing burning lava,
while low voices and percussion signify the thunderous blasts. A
haunting slow section follows, exuding fear and uneasy anticipation.
The music then becomes frantic and highly rhythmic as it leads to the
huge eruption, depicted by well-written aleatoric passages that occur
over booming bass lines. The "aftermath" is strangely
quiet, but soon the angry mountain speaks once more in a powerful and
thrilling ending!
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