FM223

Gallery

Piano Pieces Evoking a Visit to an Imaginary Exhibition

for solo piano

Gary Higginson

£12.95

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This handsome publication is a very bold venture in today’s uncertain times; an ambitious sixteen movement piano cycle inspired by an eclectic range of paintings, with each of the artworks shown in full colour next to the pieces they inspired.
David Jennings, MusicWeb International (August 2020)
The piano writing is clean and clear with no wasted notes […] this work is full of idiomatic piano writing.
David Jennings, MusicWeb International (August 2020)

In a lavishly presented FULL COLOUR edition, Gallery is a fascinating collection of piano miniatures by Gary Higginson, whose idea was to write a piece as a foil to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. The difference with Gallery is that the images are so diverse that they would never be seen together in one place.

The work is a series of eleven exhibits interspersed, like Mussorgsky’s Pictures, by four Intradas, which act as occasional promenades around the gallery, plus a concluding Exit movement.

Each exhibition piece in the publication is accompanied by its related full-colour artwork, and the inspiration behind the music should therefore be readily apparent. Not only are the illustrations contrasting but the individual pieces are also very eclectic in style, ranging from jazz to minimalism to twelve-tone writing.

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  Composer Title Grade Forces Total duration
Gary Higginson
(Play all with spoken introductions)
Gallery
Piano Pieces Evoking a Visit to an Imaginary Exhibition
for solo piano
6 to 8Piano26½ mins
# Composer Movement Forces Duration
1Gary HigginsonOpening Intrada I – Entrance
Piano1 minute
2Annunciation
2¼ mins
3The Wrong Kind of Fugue
1½ mins
4Intrada II
½ minute
5A Still, Small Voice
1¾ mins
6A Moody Stomp
2¼ mins
7Painted Lady
An exercise in bitonality
2¼ mins
8Intrada III
1 minute
9The World of the Cavalier
1½ mins
10Andalucían Love Song
2½ mins
11Miniature Theme and Variations
2¼ mins
12Intrada IV
¾ minute
13Solstice
2 mins
14Le Jardin de Paris
1¼ mins
15Spring Flowers
2½ mins
16Exit
1¼ mins
Recorded performance

Performed by the composer: Gary Higginson, Piano

Catalogue code: FM223Published: 1st July 2020
Entry last updated: 1st July 2020