The crescendo is eventually interrupted by a quirky middle section that features interchanges between the percussion instruments and synthesizers. Finally, the opening material returns, but in a decrescendo that gradually dies away to the silence from which it began. Unlike many of my other works, this piece makes no statements about society, politics, the world, etc. It merely exists for own sonic qualities. In other words, it ain't brain surgery, it's just kinda cool.
Elegy is a slow, free and rhapsodic work for solo 'cello.
It allows the performer to revel in their sound. The 'cellist is encouraged to let the emotional content of the melodic line determine the flow of the work. Elegy was composed for Gregory Sauer, professor of 'cello at the OU School of Music and principal 'cellist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra . Although synthesizers were originally developed by, and for, avant-garde composers looking for new sound sources, they soon found their widest acceptance in the world of Rock and Roll. The Dark Side of Pink Floyd is an homage to one of the Rock groups of the early 1970's who explored and pioneered many of the possibilities of electronic music.