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Sheet Music: ScoreIn that corner, in that very room : a piano suite after the Preludes of Chopin / Drew Crawford.by Drew Crawford (2010)
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Composed between November 2009 and February 2010, all of the music in this work is based on transformations of one or more of Chopin's 24 Preludes Op. 28, whether that be in terms of the source material's pitch content, rhythmic organisation, gesture, texture or structure. These processes of transformation may or may not be easily heard, and the source material may not be clear to the listener; the pieces have to be able to stand on their own, apart from their source material, but can obviously be listened to in the context of their relationship to the Chopin Preludes.
It has not been my intention to imitate or up-date Chopin's music or try to compete with his works - his music was a seed and a guide. I was inspired by Chopin in the same way that he had been inspired by Bach's 24 Preludes, though I haven't set out to write a piece in each of the 24 different tonal keys, or even write 24 pieces, or call them Preludes. But if I have been able to induce even a fraction of the pleasure in the listener that I experience when listening to Chopin's Preludes I will consider this a worthwhile project.
For more information on the complete cycle of works in the Chopin Project,
please go to http://drewcrawford.wordpress.com/chopin-project-2010/
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (31p. -- B4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Medium — A collection of 13 pieces, ranging in difficulty from easy to demanding/professional
Duration: 30 mins
1. At lightening speed, but not in vain -- 2. The way I play when I'm alone -- 3. Yesterday, among other things -- 4. A meditation in beautiful spring weather, but by moonlight -- 5. Try to please everybody! -- 6. Vienna, August, 1829 -- 7. Today you will dream of kissing me -- 8. A declaration after a scene of great emotion/lyrical 9ths -- 9. Running down (For my sisters: kisses, kisses, kisses) -- 10. Tango -- 11. Pathetique, or, You know how it is when you're sleepy and they ask you to improvise -- 12. Once, twice; leeches without end (Gothic) -- 13. Apotheosis (Have my body opened, so that I may not be buried alive).
First performance by Zubin Kanga — 3 Dec 10. John Painter Hall, Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
Includes program notes.
The composer cites: Contemporary classical piano work influences: Phillip Glass, Howard Skempton, David Lang, Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-720111-37-7
Analysis & Media
- Resonate Article: Insight: Bohemian Deconstruction
- Website: Chopin project 2010
composer blog and audio extracts
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