PIANO SONATA NO. II – Piano solo
Duration – 12:00
Piano part – $45+GST
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In a single continuous movement, the piano sonata No. II is comprised of two clearly defined sections. It opens with a series of sustained & fluid gestures, somewhat introverted & contemplative in character, marked “very freely with expression”.
The second section is introduced by a “teasing” of dissonant figures in the upper register, leading to highly virtuosic music driven by a powerful rhythmic impetuous. Perhaps the antithesis of Debussy’s “piano without hammers” where the “fingers should penetrate the notes”, the piano now becomes a mechanism for the exploration of agitated percussive textures & poly rhythms, incorporating vague references to jazz “stride” & allusions to Rock n’ Roll piano “licks”.
Sonata No.II was composed for Michael Keiran Harvey under the auspices of the A.N.U. as part of the H.C. Coombs creative arts fellowship 2004.