Piano Suite
Piano Suite
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(Performed by Füreya Ünal [piano])
Scoring: Solo piano
Duration: ca. 15 minutes
Movements:
I. Forgotten Waltz
II. Quarrelsome Tango
III. Quintal Sarabande
IV. Finale – Tarantella
Year composed: 2005
Place composed: Fullerton, CA
Description/Program Notes: This was the first piece AJ wrote as a composition major at Cal State Fullerton, and each dance movement pays homage to a particular composer’s style or techniques: the first to Olivier Messiaen with his birdsong techniques, chord structures and added-note rhythms; the second to George Crumb with his extended techniques utilizing the inside of the piano; the third to György Ligeti with his techniques of strict imitative canon; and the fourth to John Adams and Steve Reich with their minimalist style of short cells of notes repeated many times undergoing gradual processes of change.
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