Night Visions

Instrumentation: piano

Year: 2013

Duration: 13-14 minutes 

Program Note:
I have always been attracted to how two very different kinds of music play out in a larger narrative.  In Night Visions, I have chosen the conflict between light and dark.  My piece contains music of intense fury but also of quietude and purity and a range of emotion in between.  The music sometimes switches tenor instantly and other times the process is more gradual.  Despite its traditional conception, the music does not sound Classical or Romantic, though there are moments where remnants of those styles are palpable. Night Visions is part of a larger trend in my music, namely the infusion of classical approaches with decidedly modern sounds.  This piece was premiered by and written for my good friend Charlie Magnone, a great pianist and an avid performer of contemporary music.