Instrumentation: piano (9:00)
First Performance: March 26, 1990, Greenwich House, New York, NY
David Holzman, piano
Uprising is based on an ascending six note melody which is incessantly rising. The piece opens with a surging two-voice canon followed by ten sections that vary in contour from gracefully flowing lines to wildly rapid fortissimo chords. In essence, the piece is a theme and variations in constant manic ascent.
Instrumentation: piano (70 minutes)
Loud Harmonies is a series of short piano pieces that are written in pairs consisting of a Prologue and Action. Book I contains Loud Harmonies Nos. 1 - 11.
A set of 22 piano pieces. 11 Prologues and 11 Actions.
Unlike the series Quiet Rhythms which often did not veer from the mid-range of the piano with soft dynamics and somewhat static harmonic patterns, Loud Harmonies focuses on extremes of dynamics, the upper and lower register of the piano and bright, bold chords and gestures. Where Quiet Rhythms was introverted and inward-looking, Loud Harmonies is extroverted and outward-looking placing greater demands on the pianist.
Originally for solo piano, Quiet Rhythms No. 9 is an arrangement for accordion, marimba and piano created in 2022. Quiet Rhythms No. 9 is one of forty-four pieces in the series. Each piece is divided into two sections, a Prologue and an Action.
Instrumentation: piano (6:00)