Piano Solo
SKU:
AY.MIG18
Composed by
Paul Schoenfeld.
Keyboards - Piano. Alry
Publications #MIG18.
Published by Alry
Publications (AY.MIG18).
ISBN
9790302116707.
From
program notes by
Christina Dahl:
Schoenfeld has described
his Three Intermezzi (for
Piano Solo) as one of a
very few works he has
written simply to please
himself. In his words,
'Here is music my hands
feel like touching with
sounds my ears enjoy
perceiving.' Its three
movements were written at
different times, but
coalesced into a single
work. The Three
Intermezzi explore an
interior world devoid of
anything ostentatious.
Schoenfeld's signature
counterpoint--echoing
both Bach and Brahms--is
evident throughout. The
music is intimate, serene
and contemplative. 'It's
the sort of music I
improvise at night with
the lights out and the
house empty,' he says.
The first Intermezzo
quotes a bit of a Bach
prelude, then develops it
in waves and spirals that
course up and down the
keyboard. The second
Intermezzo emerges from a
single repeated note into
an oscillating minor
third and finally into a
dark and soulful
Sicilienne. The third
Intermezzo, as long as
the other two combined,
explores the boundaries
where decidedly crafted
music and mediation
combine..
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