Four-Note Patterns (2017)
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 5
Dedicated to Tom Johnson
Composed 12-15 September 2017, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance:
Programme note
Four-note patterns is a minimalist piece which systematically sets out all the possible intervallic and rhythmic patterns of the opening four-note figure. The melodic line is enhanced by the shimmering effect of the overtones produced by the depressed fundamentals in the left hand. The hands are reversed halfway for equal division of labour. This kind of patterning is explored by American minimalist Tom Johnson in many of his works, often using mathematical formulae.
for solo piano
Afrikosmos Volume 2: No 5
Dedicated to Tom Johnson
Composed 12-15 September 2017, Saint-Léger-Magnazeix
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Score BDE 1282 (Volume 2 Complete)
Duration: 3'30"
Recording
Recorded by Antony Gray on 'Michael Blake: Afrikosmos’ (Divine Art DA 21374)
Première
First performance:
Programme note
Four-note patterns is a minimalist piece which systematically sets out all the possible intervallic and rhythmic patterns of the opening four-note figure. The melodic line is enhanced by the shimmering effect of the overtones produced by the depressed fundamentals in the left hand. The hands are reversed halfway for equal division of labour. This kind of patterning is explored by American minimalist Tom Johnson in many of his works, often using mathematical formulae.
