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Performance by Antonietta Loffredo from the CD Celebrating twenty years |
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Work Overview
In English, earth tones usually refer to 'natural' colours
associated with the earth but there are also earth tones which
are sounded.
…earth tones… for toy piano, composed for Antonietta
Loffredo, Italian toy pianist and pianist, draws on sounds
imagined and heard - from Deleuze and Guattari's description of
Bateson's use of the word 'plateau' as 'a continuous vibrating
region of intensities…' which adopts aspects of the style of
Bach's slow movement melodic line and accompanying bass; patterns
of water movement - rain and river; to bells of Mostar, Prague
and King's Lynn Minster's 11.30 chime heard on visits.
The piece, written for a Schoenhut Traditional Spinet with 25
keys - 2 octaves C to C, explores the sonorities and dynamic
intensities of the toy piano and Loffredo's sensitive and
evocative playing style.
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Toy piano.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Written for: Antonietta Loffredo
Performances of this work
14 Feb 2024: at The Toy Piano (MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens). Featuring Ronan Apcar, Aditya Bhat.
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