Four years ago, before youtube became an outlet for my nerdy ramblings and anti-‘Fur Elise’ propaganda, I embarked on the most ambitious creative project of my life: to compose a set of four piano etudes. Rather than focusing on specific areas of pianistic technique, such as scales, arpeggios, parallel thirds etc., each work would focus on a different compositional technique, as well as a range of extra-musical imagery and metaphor, like astronomy and meditation.
The first of the set, subtitled ‘Mirie it is’, is based on Ligeti’s concept of tempo fugue - a style of counterpoint in which voices sound at different speeds to create the effect of simultaneous different tempi. Getting to grips with this technique was an absolute nightmare and ‘Mirie it is’ ended up being the most time-consuming and complicated piece I’ve ever attempted.
In today’s video I’m going to tell you how I wrote it; in the process, we’ll explore tempo fugue and maybe even equip you with the tools to compose your own…
1) Intro - 0:00
2) A New Approach - 1:04
3) Automne à Varsovie - 3:45
4) So you want to write a tempo fugue? - 5:28
5) Adapting Tempo Fugue - 8:36
6) How did it turn out? - 10:39
7) Conclusions - 14:53
Many thanks to the following musicians who kindly gave permission for their recordings to be featured:
1. Daniel Kuehler - Messiaen Prelude no. 5: • Messiaen: 8 Préludes
2. Martin Ivanov - Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 4, 'Mazeppa': • Liszt - Transcendental...
3. Paul Barton - Chopin Op. 10 no. 2: • Chopin Etude Op.10 No....
4. Simon Karakulidi - Ligeti Etude no. 1, 'Desordre': • Ligeti Etude no 1 Deso...
5. Denis Zhdanov - Ligeti Etude no. 16, 'Pour Irina': • György Ligeti Etude X...
6. Dmytro Choni - Ligeti Etude no. 5, 'Arc-en-ciel': • Ligeti: Etude No.5 "Ar...
7. Imri Talgam - Ligeti Etude no. 6, 'Automne à Varsovie': • Ligeti Etude 6, Automn...
8. TENET Vocal Artists - 'Mirie it is': • Mirie it is | TENET Vo...
9. Vadim Chaimovich - Viner 'Something She'd Like' : • 'Something She'd Like'...
Listen to the four etudes: • FOUR ETUDES for piano ...
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