MOVEMENTS / PROGRAM NOTE

 

No.1 Radiant (4') 

No.2 Floating Triptych (4.5') 

No.3 Electric Clouds (6')

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Commissioned by and in collaboration with artist Peter London for pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu, the following etudes for piano were each written after one of three works by Peter, which hung on my studio wall as I composed. In these etudes I’ve attempted to capture the vibrancy, layers, forms, movements, and colors of the pieces, to which I’ve added my own evocative titles (it should be noted that Peter prefers to leave his works untitled). The etudes also contain nods to the old keyboard composers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Working in a temporal and ephemeral medium, thinking musically has also allowed me to zoom in and out of the various features of the artworks, inspiring unusual forms. The result is a kind of music I would not have been able to write without Peter’s vibrant images.