Solo piano
SKU:
A7.ALEA1073
Composed
by Jan Vicar. Classical.
Score. Composed
2001-2006. Duration 34
minutes. Alea Publishing
#ALEA1073. Published by
Alea Publishing
(A7.ALEA1073).
ABOUT THE
COMPOSER: Jan Vicar, born
on May 5, 1949 in
Olomouc, studied
accordion at the
Conservatory in Ostrava,
music and Czech at the
Philosophical Faculty of
Palacky University in
Olomouc, and composition
at the Janacek Academy of
Performing Arts in Brno
and Academy of Performing
Arts in Prague. He
specializes in musicology
and composition. He
served as editor-in-chief
of the leading Czech
music journal Hudebni
rozhledy (Music Review,
1986-1989). His fifth
book, Imprints: Essays on
Czech Music and
Aesthetics (2005), was
published in English. He
is a professor at the
Academy of Performing
Arts in Prague, and head
of the Musicology
Department of Palacky
University in Olomouc. As
a Fulbright/CIES
scholar-in-residence, he
lectured at eight
universities in the
United States
(1998-1999). As a
visiting professor, he
taught composition and
music theory at
Birmingham-Southern
College in Alabama
(2005). He is the author
of circa sixty diverse
compositions - from
orchestral pieces to
cyclic works for
children's choirs. ABOUT
THE WORK: The
Phantasms/Preludes,
composed in 2001 with
revisions by the composer
in 2006, are a stunning
set of twelve short
character pieces for solo
piano, with a total
duration of approximately
34 minutes. The titles of
the individual Preludes
are shown below. The set
has been recorded by
pianist Daniel Wiesner
(with the composer at the
piano for No. 9: Bad
Day), and is available
from the Czech label
Radioservis.