The full book of 30 pieces including this piece is now available: Flower Moon
Here we are at last, day 1 pianowrimo 2020. And a video! (Though, file that under things to definitely not expect every day.)
Flower Moon – first piece of PIANOWRIMO 2020
Pieces
Moon River
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SAB unaccompanied | 2m35 | Not too difficult/some jazzy harmonies
A three-part arrangement of the classic song, with a gently emotional touch helped by rich harmonies.
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Difficulty: Varies, beginner-intermediate to more challenging, all short pieces.
The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
SSATB unaccompanied |Duration: 4m |Difficulty: Moderate-Advanced
Arrangement of the traditional Scottish folk song. Suitable for full choir or a quintet / small a cappella ensemble, this is a challenging arrangement that will reward with rich harmonies and interweaving lines.
A possible story being told through these lyrics (of which many variants exist) is of a soldier’s farewell – taken prisoner and sentenced to be executed, taking the “low road” home through death – to a friend or lover with whom he shared an idyllic lost youth. The verses tell of the beauty of the landscape of their childhood home and how nature keeps going, spring coming again each year, regardless of their trials and sadness.
Here’s a longer blog post about this arrangement and its much-delayed premiere after 2020-21!
Evening songs: 4 pieces
Four little piano pieces:
All of them you can sort of repeat indefinitely, like game music.
Waltz of memory + like swallows in the autumn
I haven’t done any piano or sheet music in a while?
Let no calamitie: Prelude and Romance for oboe and piano
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Oboe and piano |Duration: 5.30 | Difficulty: Intermediate-Advanced
The inscription “let no calamitie separat amitie” or similar is found engraved on several ‘poesy’ rings, rings given as gifts between lovers and friends. One such is on display at the National Civil War museum in Newark.
This piece is moderate/more challenging, suitable for oboists exploring contemporary repertoire around ABRSM Grade 6+ level. Might pair well with a movement of for example the Saint-Saens sonata or the Poulenc. The Prelude is shorter and the Romance longer and more complex.