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Prelude and Fugue in E minor - (2012)
for piano
The alternation of natural and harmonic minor play out through the prelude in two measure spans, a chromatic run upwards and a set of clusters providing rhetorical punctuation between repetitions.
The fugue subject is a Gestalt of two voices emphasizing the natural minor as it begins with the minor sixth and seventh together in a falling gesture answered in the next with an upward sweep. The short fugue ends with alternating phrases of the fugue passing between upper and lower registers.
2 pages, circa 3' 50" - an MP3 demo is here:
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano score.
