2021

Sonata Colours

for piano
6 short movements based on Goethe’s Theory of Colours

• I. Yellow – A glow at once seems to breathe towards us.
• II. Blue – A stimulating negation.
• III. Green – If the two elementary colors [blue and yellow] are mixed in perfect equality so that neither predominates.
• IV. Red-Yellow – It represents the hue of the intenser glow of fire, and the milder radiance of the setting sun.
• V. Blue-Red  – A still impatient progress.
• VI. Red – It conveys an impression of gravity and dignity.

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Imitating Nature/God

• Piano – Imitating thunder and lightning.
• Cello – Imitating the movement of the clouds.
• Radio – Station static to represent rain.
• Clarinet – Imitating bird sounds after the storm subsides.

This is a collaboration with Adrian Winston Smith.

Live performance (First clarinet piece, Imitation of a Barred Owl, by Adrian Winston Smith):