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Twelve Pieces For Piano op.192 (October 1975)
A collection of pieces later to become part 1 of 'Lifecycle'
Instrumentation: piano [Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 30 mins
Recordings Available
Movements
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1:
Prelude
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2:
Nocturne
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3:
Impromptu
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4:
Toccatina
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5:
Mazurka
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6:
Song (Walking Song)
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7:
Chaconne
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8:
Scherzo
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9:
Song
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10:
Rag
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11:
Study
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12:
Berceuse
Notes
The Twelve Pieces for Piano can now be found in the collection of 24 pieces in all the major and minor keys entitled
'Lifecycle' (1996), published by Highbridge Music, July 2004 (see op.489)
Performances
| 26th August 1995 | Howard Blake, The Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
After a song recital by Frederika von Stade the composer was persuaded to give an impromptu performance of the 12 pieces in the main hall lit by candles. The idea was proposed by Ilona von Ronay who afterwards suggested that if HB were to complete the cycle of 24 she would engage him to perform the complete cycle at Schloss Rosenegg as part of her annual music festival there. HB wrote the further 12 as planned, renaming the piece 'Lifecycle' and giving the first performance on August 6th 1996 |
| December 1978 | Howard Blake, BBC Radio Brighton |
Related Works
'Eight Character Pieces'
op.338
(1984)
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Piano pieces later included in 'Lifecycle'
Piano pieces later included in 'Lifecycle'