Before Sunrise | Marco Galvani | Piano solo

Before Sunrise for solo piano, performed by Matthew Schellhorn in 2021.
Before Sunrise is a short work for piano solo composed for Matthew Schellhorn. I wanted to evoke the sounds of emerging dawn by creating textures that float in and out of focus and move between foreground and background. Sounds of birds echo around the piano, with varying lengths of sustain and decay creating a flexible and mysterious atmosphere. Scattered passages fly across all registers of the piano to mimic flocks of unsettled birds, while other moments focus in on a single melodic fragment. In the middle of the piece we hear an accompanying passage that leads the way for a slower melodic figure, before a number of fleeting climactic figures return to the triplet calls of the opening, reaching out into silence.
This piece was first performed at Imperial College, London, on 18th March 2021, by Matthew Schellhorn.
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Interesting comtemporary pieces... Good job!