A Song Without Words (1992)

Instrumentation

Piano
1

Additional Information

This is a short piano piece that was originally untitled and undated. It comprises a melodic line that is accompanied by a single recurring chord. The chord is an augmented chord on C. Otherwise, the piece was freely written and unlike many of my earlier works, does not use serialism but it is still atonal with no clear sense of a tonal centre. As such the piece has a ‘floating’ feel to it.

 

The performance of this piece is followed by a creative orchestration of it that I did in 1992. I did this as an exercise in orchestral textures and there are definitely sounds that pre-empt my Symphonic Fantasy that was written much later. The realisation of the orchestration is from Sibelius 7.5 with NotePerformer 3 as the playback engine.

Details

Year

Seamer
United Kingdom

Minutes
3

Recordings

Notes
Orchestra sounds by Sibelius 7.5 With Noteperformer 3
Date recorded
2023
Performers
Leigh Harrison
Title
A Song Without Words
Venue
Kielder Home