Pàdruig 09/02/20
I have at last completed the piece! Taking on board the comments from our dialogue, I have developed the material, reached a climax, and brought the piece to a close.
A few things to note:
- Throughout, please take special care ensuring that you notice any treble or bass clefs with octave markings as shown here.
- Like I said before, ornaments are to be played on the beat and as fast as possible.
- The development/climax from D is definitely a good bit harder than the rest. But there’s very little across the crotchet beats, so that should help the practice.
- Let me know if there’s problematic clashes of range. Both parts have a wide range but I hope I’ve ensured they don’t crash into each other!
- Bar 60 in the Primo part, feel free to use both hands for the run. Just a whole tone scale.
- Some double sharps in there (E double sharp FYI). In a couple of places I wrote it enharmonically, but doing so didn’t always make it easier in my mind. I hope all the sharps don’t make for too hard a read.
- From E to the end, the Secondo part could either be played standing, or very far over to the left, as the Primo part comes down into the middle of the keyboard.
- I want to hear how E works, with the middle pedal, and the silent pressing of keys. They should provide a colourful resonance from those low E’s. They are also the same notes as the opening chords, though in reverse order, although that will not be detectable to the ear! Hopefully this sections works okay.
- Let me know if you have any questions!
Pàdruig 17/02/20
I’ve just made one small change compositionally. It is in the Primo part at bar 60. I’ve replaced the whole tone scale with something that is much more appropriate to the material of the whole piece. It is in the score below.
MU625 Pàdruig - Soledad - Darragh 