Description
- Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank (1972-)
- Instrumentation: Piano
- Work: Two Andean Portraits
- Binding:
- Size: 9.0 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: None
Description
For piano. Commissioned by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation
Movements I. Introducción: Zampoñas II. Adagio del Altiplano
Composer note Two Andean Portraits , for solo piano, was written for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (2024). The first movement, Introducción: Zampoñas , is inspired by the quintessential instrument of the South American Andes, the panpipe. The movement is simple in form but technically tricky to enact a smooth and legato line in the right hand of parallel fifths combined with a light and a wide-roaming left hand of delicate black note cluster grace notes. The second movement, Adagio del Altiplano , is inspired by the evocative landscape of the Andean highlands. This movement requires a sensitive shaping and pacing of phrases to convey its mystery, plus an imaginative pedal and fleet fingers in the fast sections.
— Gabriela Lena Frank (2024)
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