Audio Sample
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Performance by Jeanell Carrigan from the CD little variation |
Score
Miniatures & Variations : for piano solo / Mark Isaacs.
Library shelf no. 786.2/ISA 1 [Available for loan]
Work Details
Year: 2010
Instrumentation: Piano.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Virtuosic broken chords at Chopin Etude difficulty
Contents note: Chorale: Toward Christmas -- Nacht und Tag (variations on Cole Porter's Night and Day in the style of Alban Berg) -- Will-o'-the-wisp -- Theme & Variations on "The Snow It Melts the Soonest" (trad.).
Dedication note: Dedicated to Nicholas Routley, Andrew Ford. 'Chorale': Dedicated to Nicholas Routley. 'Nacht und Tag': Dedicated to Andrew Ford
Commission note: Commissioned by Theme & Variations Piano Services.. 'Theme & Variations' commissioned by Theme & Variations Piano Services for Gabriella Pusner
First performance: 4 May 10. 2010 ISCM World New Music Days Eugene Goosens Hall, ABC, Sydney
'Will-o'-the-wisp' written in a single day for "Momentary Pleasures", 2010 ISCM World New Music Days.
Awards & Prizes
| Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
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| 2010 | Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition | Highly Commended | Mark Isaacs |
Analysis
Resonate article: Jean Bogan prizes to Ian Munro and Chris Williams by Australian Music Centre
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Variations
Performances of this work
20 May 2011: at Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition - awards concert (Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall).
4 May 10: 2010 ISCM World New Music Days Eugene Goosens Hall, ABC, Sydney
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