Description
Gary Schocker is a master of contemporary lyricism. These four preludes are entitled: I – End of summer, flowers [3 pages: 3/4, modulates from D to C to Ab to Dd then to Gb, back to 5b back to C and then back to D with a final modulation to G.] II – Innocent, Spring [3 pages: remains in 4# throughout, RH and LH alternate sections of 16th notes, meter changes several times], III – Under Snow [2 pages: changes from 5 to 6 flats, some glisses, octaves in RH] IV – Change, Autumn [3 pages: 1#, 1b or C, arpeggios, some Alberti-type passages]. This piece was premiered at Lyon & Healy Hall in 2011 by Emily Mitchell.