Richard Burdick's A Lake of Violet Flames for 4 pianos and drums, Op. 313

for F. William Johnson
A Lake of Violet Flames, Op. 313
for 4 pianos and drums (2:30)
In response to the music by Julius Eastman

Bill Johnson lent me a copy of music by Julius Eastman. I find my reaction to music often is: "anybody could have written that."

I wrote this in response.

I feel that only I could have written this.

I used an alternation of the eight I Ching set that all have lake as the bottom treegram (+ + - ). The fixed keys for these range from Eb - E. I alternated and slightly overlapped each section in this pattern: 57, 50, 56, 51, 55, 52, 54, and 53. It starts in E and ends in Eb, which I think is a very non-traditional thing to do; a very uncommon thing to do.

Find the CD on bandcamp: https://richardoburdick.bandcamp.com/...

Find the sheet music here: https://i-ching-music.com/opus313.html