Prelude 1998 (blurringly fast)

Piano Solo – 5 min.

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Program Note

Prelude ’98 (blurringly fast) is a disjunct narrative. There are clear thematic characters which move through musical and dramatic space. The featured idea appears at the start, etched in a “blurringly fast” figuration, emerges “indistinct, ghostly” midway through the piece, and finally appears quietly and forlorn as the piece ends. The disjunct quality is created by “twists of fate” the material encounters, unexpected right-angle turns in the music. One of these is a stuttering chordal motive which often interrupts the flow and “steals the stage” at the climax of the work.