Methods and Interludes (2013) for Piano
Methods and Interludes (Score)
Methods and Interludes (Recording) Steven Weimer, piano
Methods and Interludes is a piece for piano in five short movements. The ‘Methods’ constitute the first, third, and fifth movements, and are constructed using a new technique of pitch ordering that I am experimenting with. This technique incorporates all 12 pitches, which are divided into unequal groups and ordered according to harmonic sonorities that prevail in different sections of the movement. It is designed to be a system that controls order and grouping of pitch, but remains flexible in its application within the formal units of the piece. Movements two and four are the ‘interludes’, which are comprised of intuitive, repeated gestures, and are designed to cleanse the palette between movements one, three, and five.