Adaptations
for solo piano
PROGRAM NOTES
This solo piano work was my first composition after taking a "compositional hiatus" and is, for all intents and purposes, an exercise to allow me to "get my feet wet" with composing again. The work is in six movements and begins with the primary motif which is embedded in every movement. Each of the six movements attempts to take the listener on a journey through various "sound worlds".
Movement 1, arguably the most "stiff" of the 6 movements, is somewhat indicative of my experience in attempting to get my "compositional cogs" rolling once again after a lengthy break from composing. It introduces the primary motif and then presents the material in a fugal manner.
Movement 2 is much more free and takes the listener through a stride piano sound world.
Movement 3 is an exercise in creating an ambiguous rhythmic "flow". It is meant to elicit the feeling of a drifting, dreamy, sound-world. This movement reminds me of when I was a child and would often get lost in my own thoughts (which would in turn cause me to get literally lost in my wanderings). The movement ends with an abrupt return to "reality" only to be launched once again into the 4th movement which also elicits a "dream-world".
Movement 4 is a slow, chorale-like treatment of the motif.
Movement 5 is a journey through minimalism.
Movement 6, the final movement, revisits all of the sound worlds, combining them all.
