I am pleased to announce that people
interested in some new pieces for piano may try some of mine. I have
placed a set I'm calling Three Little Pieces at the link below. I'd
be happy to hear that some pianists out there are trying them out.
I've enjoyed writing them.
The first in the series is called The
End is the Beginning. The title refers to the formal aspect of the
piece. It's quite short, fun to play if you like open chords, and a
little plaintive, but not without some prettiness.
The second piece is a Two-Part
Invention which I've subtitled Three Part Inversion—a reference to
the manipulations I performed to get three iterations of a theme. It
requires some interesting pedaling, offering a chance to practice
that skill.
The third piece is called Triptych—It
has three panels, if you will, and uses the entire range of the piano
with lots of crossing over. I was thinking a lot about compatible and
incompatible bi-tonality when I composed it. So, as with many of my
pieces, it contains a lot of minor nines. All the same, it is
tuneful.
When I perform these, I plan to play
the first piece twice, once at the beginning and once at the end.
I hope you enjoy them.
