[solo piano]
Timing: 6’45”
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Program note:
These four short pieces for piano began as a gift for a teacher and ended as a gift for a colleague. The last piece, Meditation, was written first in 2002 and dedicated to my teacher and friend Sven-David Sandström on his 60th birthday. Ever since Meditation’s completion and performance, I intended to write this series of short piano pieces: they are brief, beautiful, about a page long, and purposefully not virtuosic.
The three new pieces (Introspective, Full of energy and passion, and Excited, nervous, anxious, calm) I dedicate to my close and dear friend, Derek Johnson. Each piece is set harmonically in its own modal framework, intended to be heard as improvisational snap-shots of the quiet, beautiful, and passionate things in life.
Pieces for Piano was premiered by Derek Johnson on March 9, 2005 in Auer Hall at Indiana University.
Available from Woodyard Music Publishing:
Performances:
September 25, 2010 Trevor Berens, Piano First Church / Boston, MA
March 9, 2005 Derek Johnson, Piano Auer Hall / Indiana University