Instrumentation: piano (9:00)
First Performance: March 26, 1990, Greenwich House, New York, NY
David Holzman, piano
Uprising is based on an ascending six note melody which is incessantly rising. The piece opens with a surging two-voice canon followed by ten sections that vary in contour from gracefully flowing lines to wildly rapid fortissimo chords. In essence, the piece is a theme and variations in constant manic ascent.