Essentia is about finding the quintessence of something. The feeling of returning to a place you've never left and discovering a new side of it.
Textures are set in relation to melodic fragments and the music is both stationary and moving at the same time.
Alto flute and Percussion (3 players)
Alto flute and 2 Crotales (E & F)
Perc 1: Steel Marimbaphone (or Vibraphone) & Suspended Cymbal
Perc 2: Vibraphone, Triangle, 2 Crotales (E &F)
Perc 3: Song Bells (or Vibraphone) & Tamtam
Performance duration (approx): 5'00