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AT THE EDGE OF A SPIRAL

for piano four-hands

Duration:

10 minutes

Instrumentation:

piano four-hands

Year Composed:

2004

Written For:
The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo

Commissioned By:

Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat

Premiere Performance:

The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo

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contemporary four-hands repertoire

THEMES:

INTENSITY

OBSESSION

DESPAIR

TRANSITION

Program Notes:

At the Edge of a Spiral for one piano, four hands, is a short journey of built intensity. It is based on a few fragments, motives that are illuminated in different lights each time. The piece starts slowly but increases its intensity and speed as it progresses, utilizing the same motives. While composing the piece, I heard about a young man who threw himself into the river. I tried to imagine what went through his mind and what had brought him to this dead-end. And again, the idea of built intensity, obsessive and uncompromising, came to my mind. At the very end of the piece, there is a sudden drop in intensity followed by a music box passage, as if describing what is going on in the person’s mind right after the jump, right after reaching the edge of his life’s spiral.

At the Edge of a Spiral was written and dedicated to the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo – Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg. The generous support of Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat funded it.

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