Imagines Kurtagianae

Five images based on ... feuilles mortes ... for solo piano, by GyÖrgy Kurtág.  Total duration 12'00.  Advanced level of difficulty.

"… feuilles mortes … is one of those rare pieces that so captured my senses that ... I found myself wanting to inhabit the world it created: quiet, elegant, a bit sad but only sad in the way that makes a thing beautiful and peaceful like a glacier’s protracted push towards the sea, its death, and rebirth.
I intended to write a set of variations on the work but the evocative nature of Kurtág’s music demanded more and each variation evolved into a brief scene: frost on dead leaves, dead leaves floating down a stream, burning leaves, dead leaves in the rain, and dead leaves blanketing an unmarked grave." KM

givre sur les feuilles mortes, Part 1 
givre sur les feuilles mortes, Part 2 
feuilles mortes flottant dans un ruisseau 
feuilles qui brûlent 
feuilles mortes sous la pluie 
feuilles mortes recouvrant une tombe anonyme

Composed 2024

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