Six pieces for solo piano, approximately grades 5-8,
now published by Clifton Edition Ltd.
Time is something that passes at the same rate for all of us, (although it doesn’t always seem that way!). We are all slaves to the passing of time, yet we are individually perfectly free to do as much (or as little) as we see fit, within it’s confines.
While each piece in this suite is distinct in character, each shares a mutual interest in contrasting “time and rhythm”. The harmonies, while often employing an unashamedly familiar ‘diatonic’ language, also enjoy chords based on the intervals of the second and fourth (for example in Perpetuum Mobile), while Momento Temporis (a moment in time) takes time out to enjoy modal tranquillity and sonorous pedalling. Tempus Fugit (Time flies) and Momentum are each influenced by jazz and lively Eastern European folk dance rhythms. In Tempus Rerum Imperator (Time, commander of all things) we are swept along by the despot that is time, while the final movement Ab Aeterno (From time immemorial) — a dark evocation of eternity — consists entirely of just one particularly ‘timeless’ chord, deployed in a serial (mathematical) series, making use of rhythmical ‘diminution’ and ‘augmentation’ to outline a journey: both outgoing and returning.
Sample PDF file available…
Mark Goddard – About Time – samples
First Performance
World Premiere (YouTube Video)
Performed by Noa Kapelyushnik (14)
Teacher: Tania Kozlova
Venue: Israeli Music Conservatory