This piece is titled “Montage” for its fragmentary and quasi-cubist treatment of its motives and textures. The recurring ideas of this piece are as follows:

● Lyrical melody that almost calls back to the early Schoenberg and Berg

● Repeated triplet rhythm that imitates the echoing of a bell or a delay pedal

● Rhythmic parallel chords in the piano and the temple block that supports it

● Heavy blocked chords in the very beginning

The central focus of this piece is the sense of two or more simultaneous layers of time flowing at a given moment. As a result, these three ideas weave in and out of each other to create a seamless and abstract texture. From the aforementioned three ideas, the piece further transforms them to bring itself to newer territories. At one point, the triplet gets transformed and overtakes the underlying lyricism to usher in a scherzo-like scurrying section. The climax of this piece recalls back to the dissonant blocked chords of the piano from the beginning. However this time, it stretches it and is accompanied by long sustained notes from the other instruments, creating a sense that time has suspended in the piece. The piece then dies down until it recalls back once more to the scherzo section and disappears with a poof.