Piano Advanced Grades
Surreal Feel
By Amanda Handel
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Solo piano, c1'15 Grade 7Surreal Feel explores the sensation of being in two different metric zones at once, through the blending of fairly unrelated rhythmic cycles.
For most of the piece the motifs given to each hand are short and simple, however, since their time lengths differ, the beginnings and endings usually don't coincide between hands.
Composed 2021
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Surreptitiously Astute Stoat and the Cat, The
By Gina Ismene Chitty
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For piano, c.2'40. Advanced level of difficulty
This is a reflection on an encounter between a lively stoat and a smugly lethargic house cat. The music captures the stoat’s irregular and rapid movements as it moves swiftly and nimbly, manoeuvring strategically to disrupt the cat’s tranquillity. The stoat’s anxiously jerky movements captured in the opening bars, contrast with the smoother and richer texture of the pseudo romantic middle section that portrays the cat’s ability to remain unperturbed in the face of the stoat’s antics.
If adhering to a faster tempo, the piece is suitable for an advanced pianist, as it requires a swift movement and a lightness and clarity of tone in the left hand chords in the opening bars. But, as the piece progresses there is plenty of opportunity for an interpretive rubato.
Taken at a slower tempo it will be suitable for intermediate players as well.
Composed 2020
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ISMN 97907202494438
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Swingsolence
By John Martin
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Solo piano, c.2'15
Composed 2015
Recorded by John Martin on Ann and John Wirr 124, available online.
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ISMN 9790720167947
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Symphonic Study
By Dorian Le Gallienne
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Piano solo, composed 1940
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Tango (February)
By Diana Blom
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Solo piano. c.5'15, Grade 6-8 This is one of five tangos by the composer for solo piano. Dance teacher Ian Murphy tells how the Argentinian tango began in the ghettos of Buenos Aires, with dance steps grouped in 5s and 7s which worked across the music's phrasing. However, when taken to Europe extra dance steps were invented to fit into groups of 8s. This piece explores the grouping of 5.
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Tango (September)
By Diana Blom
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Solo piano, c.5'15. Grade Certificate level
This is one of five tangos by the composer for solo piano which explores groups of 5. It alternates between mysterious sections driven by the left hand with strong, majestic sections in which both hands weave inner voice leading lines.
Recorded on "Skins" by Jeanell Carrigan (Wirr038) available online
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Tango Amargosa
By Phillip Wilcher
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Solo piano, c.4'50. Grade: LMus
Composed 2011
Recorded by Jeanell Carringan on Wind Chimes (Wirr 049) available online
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Tango Waltz
By Diana Blom
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Solo piano, c.5'00. Grade Certificate levelThis piece uses the heavy triple feel of some instrumental tango waltzes.
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Tango with a Smokey Twist
By Houston Dunleavy
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S
olo Piano, c.5'30
Composed 2010
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Tauro Y Europa, Op. 71
By Victor Morrison
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Solo piano with narration c.9'20 plus narrator introduction c.3'30
In ancient Greek mythology (derived from ancient Cretan mythology found in art at Knossos), Europa, a woman of high-birth and seen as a Goddess due to her beauty, was abducted by the most powerful God, Zeus, who disguised himself as a white bull. Ancient Roman mythology continued this story, substituting Jupiter for Zeus. The character of the very masculine bull was seen as strong-willed and possessing great determination.
However, in ancient Egyptian mythology, Taurus was seen as the Goddess Hathor, who represented the virtues of joy, feminine love and motherhood. This Goddess is commonly depicted as part human, part bovine animal, with horns in which is set a disk of the sun.
Therefore, Taurus in this piece is a combination of the masculine and the feminine, and Europa, as the beautiful yet powerfully independent muse, exploits these attributes by enticing and mesmerizing him with interpretations of a Paso Doble - ironically the dance of "a kill" in the Bull Fight tradition of Spain.
This subverts the Paso Doble form as well as the ancient myth of Taurus' seduction of an unwitting Europa and her abduction across the frothy seas to Olympus.
The lowest notes on the piano can represent both the bull's dark physical power and the seductive power of Europa. The highest notes can signify Europa's winsomeness and Taurus’ social education, as well as the portentous froth of ocean spume as desire.
And it is certainly Europa who calls the shots.
Composed 2019Download samples
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There is a Solitude
By Jane Hammond
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Solo piano c.400Composed 2016
Inspired by the poem There is a Solitude of Space by Emily Dickinson.
There is a solitude of space
A solitude of sea
A solitude of death, but these
Society shall be
Compared with that profounder site
That polar privacy
A soul admitted to itself --
Finite infinity.
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Thorn of the Rose
By John Martin
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Solo piano, c.5'30. Grade Diploma
ANZCA Syllabus - Associate Performer Diploma
The buffs of film music will feel at home here - The Godfather or Love Story?
A piece to advance touch sensitivity, tempo flexibility and expression.
Composed 2010
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