five windows

for piano and soprano (and more, if you like!)

«five windows» are five short pieces of music. each piece is complete.
but each piece is also a window. It can be used as a foreword, as an opener for
improvisation, as a step into a bigger world. It sets the tone, the energy, gives the direction.
You can look out the window much longer, if you want.
Explore details, see the changes as you keep looking.
When used as a starting point for improvisation, the soprano can be replaced by any instrument.
Feel free to make with it what you want. As long as it is appropriate.

 

titles
window 1	seeing
window 2	my darkest
window 3	the melody flowing through me
window 4	becomes
window 5	memories
texts
	seeing an old friend— waving hello becomes waving goodbye o snow! even in my darkest hours you are white finding no words I hum... in autumn all the poetry becomes so obvious every friday he brought her flowers now he brings her memories

 

duration: at least 7 minutes

first performance: March 31, 2009 I The Players Theatre, New York I New York Miniaturist Ensemble

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