Quintessence by Ian From

Quintessence is an episodic work that utilizes the extrapolation of a single musical cell to create the impetus for the entire piece. It is above all a work meant to be organically self-perpetuating. In this piece, the note G could be considered the "primordial ooze" from which the first organism will emerge…a single-cell musical amoeba of sorts. This is comprimised of the first three notes presented in episide one: F, G and A-flat. This whole-step, half-step relationship extending out from G serves as the evolutionary