Fantasies

Composer's Note:

Fantasies for solo piano, written in 1977, is in three contrasting movements. The dramatic first movement is metrically free, with virtuosic cadenzas. The second is a night piece, and beneath its gentle mood lie hints of strangeness. The third movement pits three very different materials against each other—rapid runs, thickly textured chords, and a short, quirky motif, which compete for territory. Fantasies was performed at the Moscow Autumn Music Festival and recorded by Elena Ivanina on North-South Recordings 1017.