This album is the third collection of works specially commissioned as test pieces by the 2000 AXA Dublin International Piano Competition with funds provided by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Eala’on. Each work takes a very different approach.
Avatar is a Sanskrit word meaning, variously, a 'passing down', 'an embodiment' and 'a visible manifestation of an abstract form'. In this powerful work, the abstract forms are three note-rows that are mined for their intervallic content.
The works in this collection were specially commissioned by the 1994 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition (with funding provided by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Eala’on) as test pieces for the competition.Brian Boydell, John Buckley and Jane OÕLeary, three of IrelandÕs most prominent co
This is CMCÕs second collection of test pieces specially commissioned by the 1997 Guardian Dublin International Piano Competition with funds provided by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Eala’on. John KinsellaÕs pianistic meditation, Reflection II, contrasts with Kevin VolansÕ energetic March.
Six pieces for violin with easy piano accompaniment, including ÔStreetwiseÕ, ÔFiddlerÕs BluesÕ and the title piece, ÔStrawberry JamÕ. Specially commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre.
This work is based on the opening motif, a 'take' from Messiaen (D flat-C flat-B flat), hence the 'French' in the title. The fact that it is 'kind of blues-y' accounts for the second part of the title.
This easy flute album depicts the progress of Spring: ÔEchoes of WinterÕ, ÔMarch: In like a lionÉÕ and ÔMay BellsÕ are among the six pieces. Specially commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre.
Seventeen pieces from Grade Two upwards, progressing from the intriguingly titled 'A Dangerous Mission in Space' and ÔSchumannesque ArabesqueÕ to a more challenging set of six pieces which explore the intervals of the scale.
