Hexagons: intersections of symbolism and geometry in harmonics, pythagoreanism, and qabalah

Hexagons, a cycle of ten chamber pieces composed by K. Scott Eggert, is the full expression of a modal system the composer discovered, along the lines of other systems such as Olivier Messiaens Modes of Limited Transpositions. Eggerts system, called Hexagonal Mode Theory, has both historical precedent in the 20th century compositional paradigms of revived modality and symmetrical pitch-sets (as in the works of great composers such as Messiaen, Bartk, Ives, Stravinsky, and others), and philosophical roots that extend back to ancient concepts and disciplines such as sacred geometry, Pythagoreanism, and Qabalah. Eggert uses these philosophical concepts as inspiration for the chamber cycle, which acts both as a series of studies of each of the Hexagonal Modes, and as a musical experience modeled after the Tree of Life, a centuries-old metaphysical teaching pioneered by the Hebrews and adopted for use by Christian occultists.