Piano Pieces

Piano

This should be a brief introduction to Malcolm’s piano music

8.4.5. (1972)

For beginner pianists of any age Eight pieces in the five-finger position (published by Boosey & Hawkes 19385)

Sonata II (1970)

Scherzo Berceuse Intermission At Long Last Coda Voice in movement 4.

Eight Bagatelles (1959)

Invention I Lament Invention II Waltz Declamation Scherzo Another Lament Nagyszentmiklós In memoriam

5 Epigrams and an Epiphonema (1970)

Slow. (Juxtaposing held and staccato chords) Moderate. (A solemn procession of chords and silences, revealing the pedal’s role in adding sonority) Slow. (A hide-and-seek between a skittish right hand and a more sober left, ending in a clinch) Very Fast and staccato. (Confined to the bass register of the piano, where dry flutterings with sforzando […]

Piano Sonata 1 (1970)

In three movements: Variations – As fast as possible Chant – Moderate flow Rondo – Fast The second movement was performed by Renée Reznek at Homerton College, Cambridge, on 28 April 2007, at the Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton on 10 December 2007, and at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, on 25 April 2009; and by Clare Hammond at […]