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Spotify recordings available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 First Light Yvonne Lau, piano Fellowship of Australian Composers Oneness Diana Blom, piano Wirripang score available from Promethean Editions program note Around 1997, I started thinking more deeply about the music of composers such as Chopin – effectually … Read more
Spotify recording available Mercurial Patrick Lawrence, Hildy Essex (pianos) Reed Music score available from Wise Music program note The title of this piece deliberately separates ‘forever’ into its two constituent parts: not because the meaning is radically different, but to underline its implications. We use the word in phrases like ‘forever and a day’ which … Read more
YouTube (The End of Winter) recordings available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 Mercurial Patrick Lawrence, piano Reed Music score available from Wise Music program note These Four Thoughts (2001/04) reveal the use of solo piano as a direct medium for artistic expression but also as a … Read more
Spotify recordings available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 But I Want the Harmonica… Jeanell Carrigan, piano Vox Australis Giants in the Land Ian Holtham, piano Move Digital score available from Promethean Editions program note When I was about 6 or 7 years old, the school librarian … Read more
Spotify recording available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 score available from Wise Music program note i. Innocence (in stillness) ii. Portrait and Blues Hymn iii. Homage iv. Looking to the Future Innocence (in stillness) was written in 1995 to mark the birth of Olivia O’Brien. It … Read more
Spotify YouTube recording available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 score available from Wise Music program note i. Lavender for Hanna ii. Fanfare for Elizabeth iii. Night Sky iv. Taurus v. Beats per Year vi. 90 Years Living on Earth This collection of piano miniatures spans around … Read more
YouTube (The Petrarch Ascension) recording available Satellite Mapping Complete works for solo piano (1989–2014) Amir Farid Move Records, MD3402, 2016 score available from Wise Music program note i: Barcarole Allusion ii: Schubert: 1828, an introspection iii: The Petrarch Ascension These 3 pieces for solo piano re-interpret harmonic progressions taken from great classics of 19th Century … Read more