Music For Piano Solo Iv (Crystalline Textures)
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom
About this work:
A response to minimalism, Crystalline Textures was written as an exercise in “transparent” or “crystalline” textures, utilizing Romantic and Impressionist elements of texture and dynamics. Repetitive or minimalist elements are employed, yet varied. To provide forward motion rhythmically, eight-note triplets are varied with either with a duple or by eliminating an eighth note altogether to make a compound meter. Although not written with a key signature, the piece is clearly tonal with tension between the major and minor. Attached is a live performance by Brian Wilbur at Steinway hall in 1997
Year composed: 1996
Duration: 00:12:30
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation: ,1 Piano soloist(s)