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PERISCOPES

miniatures for solo piano

Duration:
30 minutes

Instrumentation:
piano solo

Year Composed:
2009

Commissioned By:
In memory of Adele and John Gray

Premiere Performance:
31 March 2012
London, United Kingdom
Gila Goldstein, piano

MODERN MINIATURES FOR PIANO

THEMES:

DISCOVERY

IMAGINATION

PARIS

VISUAL IMAGERY

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Program Notes:

Somewhere in the middle of an imaginary ocean, a friendly submarine extends its periscope to the surface on a mission of discovery. What awaits above the water? What will be seen? In Periscopes, I have depicted twelve distinct miniatures, each transporting the listener into a unique sonic world.

Movements:

1.    Voyage
2.    Howdy!
3.    The Maiden and her Soldier…
4.    Suspicious Fluids
5.    A Dusky Fall
6.    The Wondrous Park Carousel
7.    Towards the Unknown
8.    Awakening
9.    The Garden behind the Gate
10. Cotton Candy Man
11. Before Farewell
12. Night Ride

Periscopes was generously commissioned in memory of Adele and John Gray.

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