The Wild Blue Yonder is entirely based on seven quite concise
motifs. I heard them first as isolated versions of life against a blank, atmosphereless
and impenetrable emptiness. They are all heard within the works opening minute.
With the notable exception of the last of these they are all developed and set
in differing relationships to one another throughout the piece. Every note of
the piece is generated from these motifs, forming a sort of sealed off version
of life.
The whole work falls into four sections that in a structural sense give 1) an
exposition, 2) a development by attempted fusion, 3) a development by disintegration,
and finally 4) an acknowledgement of the irreconcilable. The piece lasts around
thirteen minutes.
C.Eleanor Alberga 2000.