Composed for pianist Barbara Pritchard, as part of her “The Other Goldberg Variations” project. Premiered October 16, 2011 in Halifax.
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2011, 1’ 45”.
For solo piano.
Program notes
This miniature is a “bird’s - ear hearing” of Bach’s Goldberg Aria. The piece’s florid surface gestures are built upon the skeleton of the aria’s opening antecedent phrase; you can hear the bones poking out now and again.
