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Work Overview
A set of 12 evocative piano miniatures composed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Each Prelude acts as a musical diary entry, documenting my thoughts and feelings during the course of several turbulent years in Australian and global history.
Work Details
Year: 2022
Instrumentation: Piano.
Duration: 44 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Preludes range in difficulty from Grade 5 and above
Contents note: I. “A ghostly finger writes forgotten words (in the dust on the piano)” -- II. “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely…” -- III. “In the sun born over and over, I ran my heedless ways -- IV. “I can’t breathe” Part One -- V. “I can’t breathe” Part Two -- VI. “Me cansé de vivir me caso” -- VII. “…the magpies call you Jack and whistle…” -- VIII. “Let water run circle settle be” -- Prelude IX. “Caution! Endangered shorebirds are nesting” -- X. “Go to sleep my beloved, whilst I sing you a lullaby…” (Djoko’s Lullaby) -- XI. “Death is black” – XII. “Then peace to close the weary storm-wrecked years”.
Written for: Stephanie McCallum
Commission note: Commissioned with funds provided by Create NSW.. Composed for the Australian pianist Stephanie McCallum
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc in relation to this work:
Preludes, Debussy, Australian impressionism, Covid-19, lockdown, piano miniatures, programatic works, musical quotations, diary, Australian landscape, magpies, sandpipers, lullaby, black lives matter, isolation, the sea, Spain, war in Ukraine, peace
Analysis
Resonate article: Aristea Mellos receives the 2023 Albert H. Maggs Award by Australian Music Centre
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: COVID-19 Pandemic
- In the form/style of: Preludes
Performances of this work
10 Jul 2023: at Sydney International Piano Competition - Preliminary Round 2 Session 8 (Verbrugghen Hall).
26 Nov 22: Verbrugghen Hall, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Featuring Stephanie McCallum.
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