Islands That Never Were (2003)

for vibraphone and piano

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Rick Kurasz, vibraphone
Ashlee Mack, piano

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Islands That Never Were, scored for vibraphone and piano, was commissioned by the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo for premiere performances in the fall of 2003. The work’s title is a reference to fractal-generated “landscapes” illustrated in Benoit Mandelbrot’s text, The Fractal Geometry of Nature. In Mandelbrot’s groundbreaking study, simple but precise rules produce highly complex fractal images that appear, counterintuitively, to be completely “natural.” The composition, lasting approximately nine minutes, also exists in a version for solo piano.