Piano
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366484
Composed by Anthony
Gilbert. Classical. Book
Only. 3 pages. University
of York Music Press
#MUSM570366484. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366484).
English.
Even
more than
Schoenberg’s or
Webern’s,
Berg’s music made
an enormous impact on me
during the late 1950s and
early 1960s when studying
with Alexander Goehr.
Work on this little piece
was commenced on the 25th
anniversary of
Berg’s death, and
to commemorate the first
performance of his Piano
Sonata in April 1911 it
was first performed in
April 1961, by the
pianist and composer
Madeleine Coates Russell
at a our own
‘society for
private
performances’ in
London. Its shape is
simple - a stage-by-stage
progression from slow and
gentle to a dense climax
at double speed, then a
return to the spirit, if
not the material, of the
opening. Its public
première, the first of
any of mycompositions,
was given by Susan
Bradshaw at a Macnaghten
Concert in November 1961.
It was awarded Morley
College’s Fricker
Composition Prize. -
Anthony Gilbert Recorded
on Prima Facie PFCD007
'Piano Music' by Richard
Casey/Ian Buckle.
Duration: 2'30.
