Pulse
Score title
Pulse
Composer
Margaret Brouwer
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Instrumentation
Library copy
Program note
Pulse was commissioned by David Wiley and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in honor of the RSO’s 50th Anniversary and was supported by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Rhythmic pulses of differing values exist over a steady grand pulse that is the same for all. The spirit motive emerges; mysterious, rustling, and whispery, flowing through with melody - and in the end becomes infused and strengthened by connections of differing values and pulses.